Friday, March 30, 2012

Kenwood Vineyards Sold?

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It's reported that Banfi Vintners will buy Kenwood Vineyards, a 500,000 case winery in Sonoma Valley, from Gary Heck. Gary also owns Ko...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Chasing after the young ladies

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N O, I mean marketing directed at Millennial female consumers. Beringer , part of Treasury Wine Estates, formally Fosters (I know, hard to...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Louis Foppiano

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Louis J. Foppiano passed away at 101 years old. He was the patriarch of Sonoma County's oldest family-run winery. Louis was the ultimate...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

Well, Napa has gotten expensive!

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Okay, so maybe that's not a hot news flash. But things haven't cooled off with the recession apparently. I recently stopped by a w...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Reflecting on the California Wine Industry

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This is my 300th post on this wine blog and it's had over 30,000 hits according to the counter. You guys should get out more. It's ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Harvest Moon & Sheldon -- Rebels With a Cause

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Plenty has been said about the ever-rising level of alcohol in California wines. Along with this comes soft (low acid) wine. A couple local...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Real History of Merlot

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As told by the fun-loving folks at Gundlach-Bundschu Winery (the same folks who "held up" the Napa Wine Train years ago). GB vid...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Barrel Tasting Changes Needed?

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Image from travellady.com Sonoma County's Wine Road Association The Wine Roa d is the best winery association I've had dealin...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The 2012 season begins!

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The grape growing season in Sonoma/Napa is off and running. Okay, not exactly running or even jogging. The first sign of life in the vineyar...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Who will be the new wine expert?

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Most any wine enthusiast knows Robert Parker has been the most influential person on wines for a long time. I use past tense because ol...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

"I don't like Zinfandel"

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I hear that occasionally as some people either don't get Zinfandel or have had a bad experience or two.  Zin is a fantastic wine and ca...
Sunday, March 4, 2012

Sonoma County's Wine Road Barrel Tasting

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Or reason number 173 Sonoma County rules! David Coffaro Winery in Dry Creek Valley Image from pressdemocrat.com The first two weeken...