Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The 2009 Harvest Begins

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The first grapes to be picked in the county make the news every year. Usually it seems to be Chardonnay or Pinot Noir meant for sparkling...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Why California Wine Tastes the Way it Does

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So, wines from Italy and France and ____(fill in the blank) taste different than California wines. Q: Which one is best? A: It's a tie....
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Winery architecture

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Ledson's tasting room in Sonoma Valley was originally meant to be someone's home until one of the many California real estate busts....
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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Best of Sonoma County

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OK, this is my Best of List. My tastes may not be yours, but what do you expect for free? :) Based on recent or semi-recent visits. Be...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Mmmmm, beer

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W hat the heck is a beer post doing in a wine blog? Why? Cuz it's summer. Sometimes it's just too warm for wine. I have standard...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

A new find in Sonoma Valley

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New for me anyway. Audelssa Winery has a tasting room in "downtown" Glen Ellen. It's a funky-looking little storefront from t...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Celebrity Wine

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Anyone on the production / ownership end of a winery will tell you if you're looking for a place to sink all your time and money a winer...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Couple nice wines

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At a small wine event last night I found two reds that stood out. Trione Syrah - It says "BBQ" to me as a good Syrah should. Not a...
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Touring Sonoma County

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Geography To the west is the Pacific, to the east Napa County, north is Mendocino County, south is Marin County then San Francisco. Pla...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

The World is All A-twitter

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Social Media they call it. I'm now seeing jobs that include, or are mainly, doing real time Internet stuff aimed directly at customers....
Monday, May 18, 2009

How to taste wine in public

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Snobby wine tasting Are you planning to visit a tasting room? Over to a friends for some wine? Going to a wine event? First, y...
Monday, May 11, 2009

A new kind of tasting room

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Winery tasting room and their wine sales are big business in much of CA. No news there. An underground business in the Northern California...