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.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Leap Year Wine

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Well, it's only once every four years we get to have an extra day. And this year it's a Wednesday so does that mean an extra day of ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Another reason to drink wine!

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As though there weren't enough news stories about the good effects of red wine with antioxidants for cholesterol regulation and resverat...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Spring 2012 (March, April, May) events in Sonoma County

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Springtime in the Wine Country! Following is a listing of the bigger events for Spring 2012. March 2-4  Barrel Tasting alo...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

February 18th--National Drink Wine Day

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It's National Drink Wine Day --just what we needed! There's an "official" day for everything so why not drinking wine? ...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Future wine sales prediction

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Global wine consumption is set for a substantial increase through at least 2015 according to International Wine and Spirit Research, a UK-ba...
Monday, February 13, 2012

The Sonoma Coast Appellation. Here's a problem.

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The Sonoma Coast wine grape growing area is popular with growers and consumers for it's cool climate wine grape production, especially P...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Valentine's Day Wine

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What should you have with your sweetie? Well, it should be pink and it should have bubbles. Pink? Yes, a drier style sparkling rosé is ju...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Some Wine Fallacies

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Some widely held opinions about wine aren't necessarily true. I suppose this sort of thing happens with many consumer goods where certai...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Some Wine Truths

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Don't buy wine to age If you don't have the proper storage the wine will be worse in a couple years, not better. You cannot stick ...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

The budget wine education

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H ow can you learn about wine and not spend a fortune buying a variety of expensive bottles to see what you like?   This doesn't mean it...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Buying wine by the amount of alcohol

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People buy wine based on many things Maybe you're looking for a white or a red under ten bucks.  Maybe you want a Chardonnay from the ...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Wine Clubs--Should You Join?

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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 ...
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