Showing posts with label other. Show all posts
Showing posts with label other. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

The Wine You Buy Tells Your Age

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We like to compare generations in many way, so why not wine consumption?
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Using AI to Select Wineries to Visit

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Artificial Intelligence is everywhere on the Internet. Perhaps, you could say it's being shoved down our throats. Regardless, we all pro...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

The Phases of Wine Sales Going in the Crapper

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There are five stages of grief: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. So far with the wine business facing a downturn I've ...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

September is California Wine Month

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 Over 20 years ago, the California State Legislature gave us a whole month to celebrate wine!
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Wine and Women

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Women and their wine have a special relationship. Here's a sometimes humorous look at this culture.
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Alternatives to Wine in Sonoma County

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So you're not much of a wino, or someone in your group travelling to Sonoma County couldn't care less. What to do?
Friday, March 28, 2025

California Agriculture

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California agriculture is big! How big is it? In production value, it leads the nation. Part of the reason is the number of high value crop...
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Wine One-Liners

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 It's a good way to start off the new year.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Bill Foley, Billionaire, Winery Owner

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Bill Foley, 79, has interests in financial institutions, sports teams, and wine. He owns about 20 wineries from California to France, Argent...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

A Career at a Winery?

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If ever there was a job situation that looked great from afar, it's working in an idyllic setting of a winery surrounded by vineyards. L...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

State Laws on Buying Alcohol

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In the U.S. we had Prohibition. At the end of that failed experiment, the states were given control over alcohol. That led to some really di...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Tales of Sonoma County Past

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 Some of these are wine stories, some not. Some seem to come right out of the Wild West. Most appeared in the local paper, so are likely to ...
Thursday, November 3, 2022

What Drinks are You Likely to Bring to a Party?

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Based on age, what type of alcoholic beverage will you bring to a party to share with other guests? The older you get, the more likely it wi...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Yearly Changes in Alcohol Consumption

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Wine, beer, and spirits consumption in the U.S. by year. Wine has lots of peaks and valleys. Beer has been on a slow decline that can't ...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

The People of Sonoma County

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People are stereotyped by where they live (hello Texas and NYC) and Sonoma County is no different. Here's a look at the people of Sonoma...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Odd Drinking Laws

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Yes, some are from the Bible Belt, but you'll find oddball drinkin' laws from all over the world.
Thursday, June 9, 2022

Lowering the Drinking Age

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I know what you're thinking. 1) We tried that once with lowering the drinking age to 18 in many states and it wasn't such a good ide...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Wines Stories of 2020

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  A look at the main stories covered in this blog for 2020. Yeah, guess what, the Covid pandemic tops the list as it related to the wine bu...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Drinking a Little Less

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Yep, we've seen the studies about moderate consumption being healthy. We'd like to believe, but I think most of us have doubts about...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

And Now the Bad News About Alcohol

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   Yes, you read the good things in beer and wine and how a bit of alcohol a day may be beneficial. You've certainly heard about health ...