This close to the holidays, the Girls & Grapes group got together one last time to celebrate ‘all things wine’. In fact, our mission this month…bring a wine that you thought of as ‘luxurious’. Or, a wine that really was one of the first wines or wineries that shaped your passion for wine. For many of… Continue
Pairings: Wine + Chocolate Written by Leslee Miller / Photography by Steve Henke / Cambria Style Magazine ~ November, 2011 Leslee Miller of Amusée Wine takes the mystery out of pairing wines with chocolate. Pairing wine to chocolate is not exactly as hard as some will tell you. Most, in fact, say it is… Continue
Holiday gift guide 2011: For the oenophile Vita.MN Article: November 24, 2011 By Christy DeSmith, photo by Tom Sweeney Forged in the crucibles of the West Coast wine industry, sommelier and event planner Leslee Miller recently returned to her native Midwest to launch Amusée, a wine consulting and events firm. Check out her plum wish… Continue