On the hunt for Chardonnay

We’re Diana and Frank. We lovvve wine but hate how stuffy ppl in suits tell us what we can and can’t drink. We think that’s bullsh*t.    So, we started Responsible Hedonist to bring tasty, sustainably made wines from Aotearoa New Zealand – that *aren’t* Sauvignon Blanc.    We’re just getting started, but we can’t…

What date and time is best for us to get together and do a Patron only, live, 45 minute “What is Wine?!” event?

This is the presentation from June 3rd. We didn’t stick to this presentation at all and ended up catching up and chatting broadly about wine instead.

You have spoken, and we’ve set the date for June 3rd at 5:30pm PDT/7:30 PM CDT/ 8:30 PM EDT for our first Patron live Q&A! We’ll keep this pretty informal. Diana will chat a bit about how fermentation works, but our main interest is answering *your* wine questions. So, if you’ve got something that’s on…

Gatekeepers, capital expenses, and stubborn conventions of “what is a winemaker?”  Digging into why the classic winemaker image of a man drinking wine in front of a vineyard is unrealistic, unattainable, and an image that needs to be modernized to fit what winemakers actually look like today. Diana’s pretty passionate about this and we will…

Frank and I usually go to less traveled beaches, but there’s always something to pick up – even at the most popular beaches. Palm Beach is frequented by locals and one of our favorites. We found scooped this up on behalf of Sara and Alex!!