Tuesday, September 27, 2011

2011 Sonoma County Harvest Fair, Day 1

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The Sonoma County Harvest Fair is The Big Event for local wine growers and producers.  Monday, Sept 26, 2011, was a trade/media tastin...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Grenache Tasting

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Actually it was Grenache and Grenache blends as you often see it blended with other Rhone grapes such as Syrah.  In California Grenache ha...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Four Russian River Valley Tasting Rooms

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On a warm top-down day I made four stops at some favorite wineries in the Russian River Valley appellation.  Listed are the wines I purchase...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Pennsylvania's Wine Kiosks are Outta Here!

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In PA alcohol sales are completely controlled by the state--everything from purchase from the winery, distillery, or brewery to sale to the ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Alcohol labeling on wine

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With all the noise being made about rising alcohol levels on California and other New World wines (and some Old World wines) "buying b...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Wine vs. Cars

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There are wine enthusiasts (sometimes called geeks) and there are auto enthusiasts (not usually called geeks).   There are those who see the...
Monday, September 12, 2011

You know you are a wine geek when ...

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You spit out your mom's Chardonnay in her kitchen sink declaring, "It's too heavy on the French oak." The typical wine...
Friday, September 9, 2011

Consolidation in the California wine industry

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The number of actual family-owned wineries seems to drop by the day as many are gobbled up by other companies.   The good news in this is t...
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Monday, September 5, 2011

2011: Vintage of the decade?

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I s 2011 going to be a vintage year in California?   Of course, just ask anyone in the local wine biz! In the past wine experts (mostly ...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Sept 1st in the Russian River Valley (photos)

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September 1, 2011.  Almost harvest time!  A few grapes are in, mostly for sparkling wines, but it looks like things will start cranking up...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Fastest growing wine in the U.S.

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Moscato. Huh? Muscat, that cheap Central Valley blending grape, is hot.   Gallo, Woodbridge (Mondavi), Sutter Home, and Beringer all repo...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

The worst taste in wine

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This wine is flawed.  Not because of the winemaking but because of a business decision. This wine leaves a bad taste in the mouth Ima...