Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Taste and Smell (and Wine)

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Our sense of smell is able to recognize thousands of odors even if they're very faint. We have millions of olfactory sensors in our nos...
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Monday, November 28, 2016

Wine & Coffee

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As the joke goes, "Take the bench coffee. Wine, you're up."  But this is more about the similarities between the two industri...
Friday, November 25, 2016

Live from Sonoma, California

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Check out the happenings on the historic Sonoma Plaza from this webcam livefromsonoma If your timing is right you'll see one of my ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Wine Varietals: Out With the Old, In With the New

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Napa and Sonoma don't seem to have a lot of variety in what they grow. Napa means Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay; Sonoma means Chard...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Mechanical Harvesting in Sonoma/Napa

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Part of the romance of the Wine Country has to do with the amount of manual labor put into making your wine. People out in the hot sun pulli...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Winemakers Drinking Beer

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A new Podcast features various winemakers drinking some of their favorite beers. The first one is the winemaker from Kokomo Winery in Dry Cr...
Thursday, November 17, 2016

Thanksgiving Wines from Sonoma County

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That Great American Holiday of overeating is here. The good news is wine aids conversation and digestion. In fact, it's been found that ...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Assumptions Made by Wine Drinkers

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This isn't about the person who buys an occasional bottle at the supermarket, but about the more regular wine drinker--the person who c...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

November photos

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November 9, 2016 in Bennett Valley and Sonoma Valley. Bennett Valley isn't a well-known grape-growing area. It is primarily about Char...
Friday, November 4, 2016

Wine Tasting Tip #14 -- Miscellaneous Stuff

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A series of posts on visiting winery tasting rooms.   This one contains a few basic items to make your trip more enjoyable.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Sonoma Restaurants with Views

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Sonoma County is full of excellent restaurants. It's also full of great views of mountains, valleys, vineyards, and the Pacific Coast. W...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Sonoma County's Growing Beer Scene

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I n the last couple decades Sonoma County's booming wine tourism business has become an integral part of the area's economy. We'...