Bob on Sonoma

Views of a local who has been in the hospitality side of the wine biz full- or part-time for about three decades. Maybe more importantly, an avid consumer of the local wines for over 40 years. Mostly general comments on the California wine business because that's what I know.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Wine Clubs--Should You Join?

P retty much every winery has a wine club . A few will call theirs a mailing list meaning you don't get discounts. Some retail wine ...

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Carrying wine on an airplane--coming soon!?

Recently a UK company announced they have a new scanner mechanism that will pick up explosives in liquids. The word is getting around that ...

Monday, January 23, 2012

Recent History of Merlot

Merlot plays second fiddle to Cabernet, then Merlot is up, then Merlot is down. That pretty well describes U.S. sales for the last forty ye...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Simi, Sausal, White Oak & Soda Rock

An afternoon of tasting in Alexander Valley, Sonoma County (1/17/2012) From White Oak Vineyards Simi Winery A very old, historic w...

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Another new marketing trend. Manly wine.

Maybe it's based on statistics, logic, and market knowledge or maybe it's desperation in the recession. The fact that millennials ar...

Thursday, January 12, 2012

"The Bachelor" is Looking for Love in Sonoma

F or the 0.5% of the country that doesn't watch reality TV shows The Bachelorettes jilted winemaker is now appearing on The Bachelor . ...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

An afternoon in Dry Creek Valley (with photos)

First stop was the Wurst Restaurant in Healdsburg (wurst as in sausages ). When the owner moved from Detroit to open this restaurant it was...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Anything But Chardonnay

CHARDONNAY is the most planted grape in Sonoma County with an estimated 16,000 acres. The next most popular white wine, Sauvignon Blanc, has...

Friday, January 6, 2012

2012 wine predictions

What does the coming year hold for the local wine industry? These are trends that will continue to grow and evolve in the coming year(s). ...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

2011 Wine News and Trends

Following are the biggest stories of 2011 in the wine industry from a Sonoma County perspective. California wine exports California wine...

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Visiting Sonoma County for the beer

Is someone dragging you to wine country but don't like wine? No problem! Sonoma County just happens to have some of the best microbre...

Saturday, December 31, 2011

How to be a wine snob

Do you feel the need to: -- Impress people with your knowledge? -- Spend a lot of money? -- Be serious about getting drunk? If y...

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