Friday, October 14, 2011

October in Dry Creek Valley (photos)

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Morning of Oct 14, 2011 Click on any photo to enlarge Morning sun at Lytton Springs Along Westside Road Morning sun alo...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Mid-October 2011 Harvest Update

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W e're right in the middle of harvest.  We've had a couple early season rain storms.  Rain slows the ripening process as the grapes ...
Monday, October 10, 2011

The Rockpile Appellation in Sonoma County

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The Appellation (An appellation is a government-recognized wine growing region) In northwest Sonoma County Rockpile is one of the newes...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

2011 Sonoma County Harvest Fair Summary

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Image from sonomacounty.com The Sonoma County Harvest Fair is a big event for the local growers, wineries, and residents. I attend ever...
Monday, October 3, 2011

2011 Sonoma County Harvest Fair, Day 3

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My third and final day of tasting at Sonoma County's big wine event, the Harvest Fair. Part of the Sunday afternoon crowd Sonoma ...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

2011 Sonoma County Harvest Fair, Day 2 of 3

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Last year's "World Championship" Grape Stomp winners Who'll it be this year? Image from harvestfair.org October 1st...
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...