Thursday, December 27, 2012

California sparkling wine under $30

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It's almost New Years Eve as this gets posted and many of you are thinking about getting a sparkling wine for the celebration. What to g...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Leaving wine for Santa

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It's traditional to leave cookies out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve and maybe some carrots for the reindeer. You know, I bet ol' ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Cab -> Merlot -> Pinot Noir -> Grenache?

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  There are always "in" wines such as Pinot Grigio seems to be now. This changes every few years. At one time in California it wa...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Ingredient labeling on wine bottles

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A topic that comes up now and again is, should wineries have full disclosure of what goes into the bottle? It's just grapes, right? Wel...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

What sells wine on a store shelf?

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The marketing experts can, of course, give you mountains of data about this or that marketing strategy and branding efforts until you want t...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Bill Foley -- Collector

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Some of us buy wine and maybe even a few extra bottles to build up a collection. Some billionaires collect wineries . from foleyfamilywi...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Winter 2012-13 wine events in Sonoma County

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Major Wine-Related Events for  December 2012 and January / February 2013 This is the off-season in the wine country and it's a grea...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Cocktail Wines

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L ots of folks go on about the complexities in wine, the proper food matches, their age-worthiness, etc. Others just want an enjoyable glass...
Monday, November 12, 2012

History and Future of Buena Vista Winery

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Buena Vista Winery hasn't gotten much press related to their wines in many years. The focus always seemed to be on corporate profits ra...
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Amazon's wine shop opens

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Amazon has wanted to get back in the wine sales business since a previous failed attempt several years ago. Previous post on Amazon.  ...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Russian River Valley Photos

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Nov 6, 2012. A vineyard along Olivet Road. You can click on the photos to enlarge
Sunday, November 4, 2012

2012: Vintage of the Year!

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Perhaps you've already heard about 2012 being one of the best wine grape harvests in California in a long time. Especially after a strin...