Thursday, March 28, 2013

A Short History of Wine in Sonoma County

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1800-1850 Wine came with the European settlers. The Spanish and their series of missions up the California coast are credited with bringing...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

If this doesn't convince you to visit Sonoma ...

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... then nothing will.  A "Welcome to Sonoma Wine Country" video from Sonoma County Tourism. I couldn't say it better. Wel...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Healdsburg CA. Best small town in America?

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Fodor's travel blog posted a list of the top ten small towns in America. First on the list is Healdsburg in Sonoma County. Why? It's...
Monday, March 18, 2013

The Recession is over!

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You heard it here first. Okay maybe not first. And maybe you'd rather hear it from someone who has had more than one macroeconomics clas...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Aging wine is a crapshoot

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Supposedly 90% of us drink a bottle of wine on the same day we purchased it. Typically you stop at the market on Friday after work to pick u...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Jim Barrett

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Credit for Napa Valley's (and California's) success with premium wine over the past few decades is often given to Robert Mondavi. An...

White wine for red wine drinkers

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There are a lot of folks, and it seems to be mostly males for some reason, that proclaim to only drink red wine. They just don't like wh...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

An inexpensive visit to Sonoma County

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Wine country travel is fun. It's "Disneyland for adults." It can also be expensive as in $25 tasting fees per person, $50-up b...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

What your wine choice says about you

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Someone had the time and money to study what your wine choices mean and came up with this: Red wine drinkers - Wealthier and well-educated...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

The draw of Napa Valley

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  It's where wine geeks not only want to visit, but want to live. Their dream is to make a good living at a winery in Napa, live in St. ...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

What wine with Girl Scout cookies?

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Yes, it's that time of year again. Time for those delicious, fattening, and over-priced cookies being sold by the cutest little darlin...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

New Wine Storage Option

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W ho needs to rent space for a wine collection? Who needs to build a wine cellar? There's this rich guy winery owner--he's from Ch...