Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Final Push in the 2010 Harvest from Hell

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Mother Nature has not been kind to the Sonoma County grape growers in 2010.   It was a cool, wet spring followed by a much cooler than avera...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Winter Season Wine Events in Sonoma County

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Image from california-vineyards.com You could stay home and throw another log on the fire or have some fun in the wine country. Followi...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Sneaking Over into Napa Valley

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Image from travelpod.com Yes , this is supposed to be a Sonoma blog, but Napa is just over the hill and sometimes I like to visit foreign...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Tasting Room Etiquette

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Tasting Room 101 Do you know why they ask you  to drive slowly? What to Expect A tasting room is a place to sample various wines f...
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

2010 harvest -- vineyard photos

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From October 5th in Sonoma Valley.  Lots of sun damange.  In this vineyard only the bunches shaded by leaves looked OK. (Click on any phot...
Monday, October 4, 2010

2010 Sonoma County Harvest Fair

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Image from sonomacounty.com This is a wine judging for any grapes grown in Sonoma County. This was my 30th anniversary at the Harvest Fa...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Rush to the Crush

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Image from hobokenrealestatenews.com The heat is on! Several days of hot weather in Sonoma County, including some record-setting temper...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Pride Mountain tasting

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Pride Mountain Winery has gotten a lot of "Internet buzz" and other word-of-mouth acclaim amongst winos to where they are sort o...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Backlash against over-processed wine

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Wine is grape juice with the sugar turned to alcohol by yeast.  That's about it, right? Modern winemaking can have lots of interventio...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

News, rumors, and trends

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What has been happening Jess Jackson of Kendall-Jackson got shot down on his bid to build a big operation in Knight's Valley. Never h...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

2010 grape harvest -- mid-September update

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California's coastal areas have dealt with cool, damp weather much of the summer.   In Sonoma County and nearby areas after a short, bu...
Friday, September 10, 2010

Sonoma County -- Beer Country

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Wine?   Okay there's some of that, too. from Russian River Brewery According to the Beer Advocate magazine Russian River Brewery,...