Last month, I chatted about pairing wine with chocolate and, as part of the Fabulous Food Show, teamed up Joel Fink of Fantasy Chocolate on the Wine Theatre stage. The tasting was a huge success. Earlier this month, Joel and I teamed up again, but this time on Ohio Authority’s At Cellar Door wine video. Click here to check out the video. Cheers.

http://www.ohioauthority.com/articles/food-and-drink/at-cellar-door-exploring-spanish-wines

A few months ago, I was approached by a former WSET student about a new on-line magazine he and a few of his past co-workers were creating after their employer, Northern Ohio Live, closed its doors. A testament to the adage - hard work pays off - the site is up, running and catching the eyes, ears and keyboards of thousands of viewers across the state of Ohio. Cheers to Ivan and the team at Ohio Authority! While the magazine does chat about food, wine, beer and the like - it also serves as a resource for finding out about various products, businesses, events and destination happenings across the state. Their goal is to be the EXPERT within the category of which they are speaking…that said, I am happy to tell you that OA has asked me to be their wine educator/expert and I could not be happier to do so. Click on the link above and check it out…our first of many videos focuses on wines from Spain. Cheers.

The term wine bar just took on a new meaning…seems there is a new iPhone application designed to help wine lovers keep track of their wine purchases. Cor.kz, a leading wine application company, together with RedLaser, bar code specialists, developed the technology that allows users to scan the bar codes on bottles of wine using their iPhone. Doing so records the name of the wine with out the fuss of typing in long wine names. Best yet. The application works with CellarTracker’s database so users can record their wine notes and reviews right in Cor.Kz application. Look for Cor.Kz worldwide via iTunes for $3.99. It is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch screens.

Sounds like a great way to keep track of all the labels we really want to remember - but simply can’t. If only they had an app for Blackberry…Cheers.