Thursday, August 30, 2012

U.S. market share for wine

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Beer production is at record levels -- led by China! The U.S. is second though showing a slight decline even with the craft beer market'...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Red wine and your sense of balance

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If you believe all the studies red wine is pretty much a fountain of youth. This is mostly from the compounds Resveratrol and other antiox...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Autumn 2012 events in Sonoma County

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Following are some of the larger events for September through November of 2012 . The weather is usually great until well into November ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Korbel sells off wine brands

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Gary Heck, owner of Krobel, failed in his attempt earlier this year to sell his largest still wine holding, Kenwood Vineyards, as that deal ...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Silver Oak gets into the Zinfandel business

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Silver Oak Winery is known for higher-end Cabernet Sauvignon. Maybe a bit less known is they also own Twomey Cellars . Twomey started as ...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Sonoma County Events on Labor Day Weekend 2012

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It's a long weekend and there will be lots of wine country travelers. If you're amongst them here are a few special events happening...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

"If only more wineries would make ____ like ___"

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S ome wineries specialize in a certain type of wine and some do really well in the marketplace with it and can build their whole brand aroun...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

The grapes are ripening! (photos)

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In Russian River Valley on August 4, 2012 Petite Sirah Zinfandel Zinfandel
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Bad ass wines

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A bad ass wine label Car guys know about the most bad ass cars like the Bugatti Veyron, Dodge Viper or the Mustang Shelby GT500. Gun...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Making your food go with the wine

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That sounds backwards because aren't you supposed to find the wine that goes with what you're cooking or ordering? This idea of ma...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Kenwood Vindyards sale to Banfi cancelled

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About four months ago Banfi intended to buy Kenwood Vineyards from Gary Heck, owner of Korbel, Valley of the Moon, Lake Sonoma, and Kenwood....
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Merlot on the rebound?

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Merlot was up then down. Is it going back up again? In the 1990s Merlot played second fiddle to Cabernet in California until the 1990s ...