Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Dry Creek Valley Passport Weekend

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What is it?    This is an annual open house of wine, food and music put on by a Dry Creek winegrowers group.  It's two days with about...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Speaking of Sonoma Valley ...

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(See previous blog post for more on SoVly) Chardonnay at Kunde 4/17/10 We made a few stops with friends in Sonoma Valley on the 16th --  Va...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Sonoma Valley

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Just a little mountain range away from Napa but a whole different world Often overlooked with all the noise made about Russian River, Dry C...
Monday, April 12, 2010

Regulating Tasting Room Hours

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A front-page article in the April 12th Santa Rosa Press Democrat talks about county officials looking into setting limits on tasting room ho...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Diversification

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Diversification is a risk management technique practiced by corporations.   That, and moving jobs offshore then wondering why there's no...
Monday, April 5, 2010

Why I Hate Wine

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There are a number of reasons I hate wine.   Here are ten that come to mind.  I'll probably think of more later as I've lost too man...
Thursday, April 1, 2010

Why is Chardonnay so popular?

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Growing Chardonnay Grapes  By far the number one white wine grape grown in California is Chardonnay.   In Sonoma County there is 50% more ...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Three Decades of Change

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I am all for progress; it's change I can't stand. -Mark Twain Having lived in Sonoma County for thirty years I can spot the chan...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Oh no, another barrel tasting!

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The first two weekends of March hosted the Wine Road Barrel Tasting Event with well over 100 wineries participating from Russian River, Dry ...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Bud Break!

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No, not like this In some places the first real sign of Spring might be apple blossoms, or tulips, or where I grew up, it was th...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Wine Bias

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We all have it. Hating all (region) (varietal). Fill in the blanks, like California Chardonnay or Italian wines.   Or how about wine fr...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

Wine Road Barrel Tasting

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This Springtime ritual has grown into a major drink fest especially in Dry Creek Valley.   We went out on the last Sunday of the event to a ...