![]() ![]() You can hear my conversation with Wes and other Baltimore art educators, activists, and non-profit leaders by clicking on, The Future of the Arts. I just did a radio interview with the amazing Wes Moore for his series, Future City, on Baltimore’s popular NPR station, WYPR. Part of my job at The Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts (BOPA) is that I get to talk to great people about the impact of the arts. The Future of the Arts with Wes Moore Baltimore Mural I’m turning up the volume-radio silence ends now. I’ll still share my fiction writing discovery and creation but spice up my offerings with some of the remarkable opportunities I’m experiencing in Baltimore’s vibrant art scene. So, I’m going to switch things up a bit and use this space to share both sides of Donna by adding a bit of Baltimore art to my writer repertoire. Being the writer that I am and always will be, I have much to share about both of my loves. My blog posts have chronicled musings and missives about my novel Provenance-its characters, insights about the history in the book, my visits with readers and, progress on the sequel, Promise. However, like a jealous lover, the arts administrator part of my life has elbowed its way to the forefront, edging out the novelist a bit. I am an art lover and creator I’m an administrator at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) by day and a novelist most nights and weekends. I am one of those lucky people who has been fortunate to merge vocation with avocation. To make that happen, I need to make some changes. I used to be a relatively reliable blogger, and I will be again. ![]() Candle 6 Transistor Radio, 1960 by Allen on Flickr Tightly packed but super-fine tannins add an intricate and layered skyscraper-like structure to this full-bodied, opulent red.(noun) A period during which one hears nothing from a normally communicative person or group. And while the varietal has its own definitive characteristics: green pepper-like. Its small berries can easily be identified for their distinctive blue color, thick skins and high tannins. The first sip delivers bold blackberry and blueberry flavors, while the next reveals pie spices, licorice, and touches of damp earth as the wine glides across the palate. Identified as a descendent of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, the late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon needs to be planted in warmer climates to fully ripen. The 2018 Radio Silence reveals aromas of blackcurrant, ripe plum, raspberry, violets, mocha, and lavishly expensive French oak and cedar, similar to wines that cost ten times the price. Subtle exotic hints of ripe pear and fresh citrus flavours, its a dry wine. Respectfully raised every step of the way and bottled without clarification, these wines offer a singular tasting experience-the very pinnacle of Napa Valley. We all need a little Funkstille (radio silence) in our life now and again. Simply put, it is an extraordinary estate with no shortage of ambition, leveraging hillside Oakville grapes farmed in remarkably low yields (by many of the same hands since its inception), with no fireworks displays in terms of fermentation and aging. Just scanning Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate for these wines, you can see they’ve amassed numerous 100-point scores for their flagship label. Compared to its brothers, we think that this one is closer to the original Yesterday (Oakville) than to the others. Original barrels of wine, acquired from the winery and blended to craft four different expressions of this wine. Now more than ever we need a little Funkstille or radio silence in our lives, so it was only natural that as interest and desire for Austrian wines grew. It comes from the same estate as the original 2018 Yesterday (Oakville), Yesterday Reserve and 2018 Halpin Private Reserve. This Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from a legendary estate in Oakville, Napa Valley. ![]()
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