It’s almost tulip season!
In my latest blog I share some about the upcoming tulip season. I’m so excited to see the land I drive around transformed into a colourful landscape.
2024 International Whisky Festival
This past weekend I went to the International Whisky Festival in Den Haag. I have attended and worked at numerous festivals like this for wine, but I haven’t ever experienced something like this for distilled spirits, let alone the focus on a single type of spirit. I had one goal in mind when I bought my ticket to this festival - find and taste as many Dutch whisky’s as I could.
Van Tienhovenmolen
Last week I had the opportunity to tour and learn all about Van Tienhovenmolen - a historic windmill in the province of Limburg. Unlike a lot of windmills in the Netherlands, even ones that turn for tourists, this one has been fully restored and is actually used to produce local, organic flour among other products.
Wine Tasting at Le Bouquet Wine Shop
This past weekend I went to a wine tasting at wine shop Le Bouquet in the beautiful town of Leiden. The shop is owned by a mother & daughter team and they focus on organic, biodynamic and natural wines. The tasting showcased…
It all started with a bottle…
Isn’t that how the best stories start? In this case, one bottle changed my entire career path…