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.

Friday, July 29, 2016

Wine Tasting Tip #2 - Wine Clubs

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Part of a series of winery tasting room tips for your next visit. Every winery you visit will have a wine club. There's a good chance ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

The Best Wine Country Town

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Sunset Magazine named Paso Robles, in Central California's San Luis Obispo County, as the top wine country town for 2016. The award was...
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Monday, July 25, 2016

Wine Tasting Tip #1 - Not Liking a Certain Wine

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The first in a series of tips for when you go wine tasting. This one is "Don't be afraid to not like something." Just becau...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Some Wine Funnies

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Spoken in memes
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Mondavi Winery at 50

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On July 16, 1966 Robert Mondavi scooped up a ceremonial shovelful of dirt at the site that would become the first new premium winery in Napa...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Love Great Cab, But Don't Love Napa Prices?

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Per a Wall Street Journal wine writer if you want to get top-notch Cabernet Sauvignon at a fraction of Napa prices then look to Sonoma Coun...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Wine and Music Pairing

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Wine and food? That's been done. Plus, I've decided wine and food pairing is just too complicated. Trying to figure it out gives me ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Wineries: Too Much of a Good Thing?

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Sonoma County has about 450 wineries. Wine-related tourism is over a billion dollar industry with billions more generated from the county...
Monday, July 11, 2016

What to do on a Summer Evening in Sonoma County

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You're coming for some wine tasting, but once the wineries close (about 5 pm) what's there to do? Yeah, you can go to one of the exc...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

The Less Crowded Wine Country Experience

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Maybe you've visited California for wine tasting in the past or maybe you just don't like other tourists messing up the experience f...
Friday, July 1, 2016

Funny Questions Asked in a Tasting Room

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I was reading something called The Most Stupid Questions Asked of National Park Rangers . It got me to thinking about some of the questions ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

You Might be Drinking a Lot of Petite Sirah

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You could be drinking Petite Sirah and not know it. Petite Sirah is a cross between Syrah and an obscure Rhone grape, Peloursin. It's in...
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