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.

Monday, November 30, 2015

Now That Rosé Season is Over What to Drink?

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Remember these days? Warm days of wearing shorts with a glass of chilled wine in your hand are now a distant memory for most. Rosé wines...
Friday, November 27, 2015

The Setting and the Situation

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The where, when, environment, and circumstances in which you have a glass of wine defines your enjoyment of that wine. The actual setting m...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Allergic to Sulfites in Wine?

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Wine, along with many other foods, contains sulfur compounds. If you know you have a sulfur allergy what do you do? Sulfites occur naturally...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Sonoma Valley in Autumn (photos)

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Pictures of Sonoma Valley vineyards in mid-November 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015

Winter 2015-16 Events in Sonoma County

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Major Wine-Related Events for December-March This is the quiet time of year in the wine country and a great time to visit.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Sonoma County's Rural Rebellion

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Business is booming in the wine county. The number of visitors is up. Along with that the traffic and the noise levels are up. Some people i...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Preferences of the American Wine Drinker

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A recent survey of wine drinkers across the country came up with some interesting results. And it's not always what the premium wine are...
Friday, November 13, 2015

How Your Family Drives You to Drink More Wine

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Following are some of the many reasons your relatives force you to drink wine even though you wanted to take the night off with a nice cup o...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

What wine with your BK Whopper?

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You maybe never gave much thought to drink options at Burger King past a Coke or a milkshake, but somebody at BK has. Why? Fast food joints...
Monday, November 9, 2015

Top Wine-Producing Countries

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Where does all that wine come from? You can figure out that Western Europe and the Americas will have countries in the top ten, but you migh...
Friday, November 6, 2015

When you need a hug ... e bottle of wine

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Cuz sometimes hugging an iddy biddy 750 ml bottle just won't do. Wait , t here's more! Prepare to groan.  
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Sutter Home Goes All Classy

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Sutter Home Winery, the source of those millions of cases of that white zinfandel stuff, gets as much ribbing from me as anyone for their pi...
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