Friday, December 28, 2018

A Few Legal Changes for Alcohol Coming?

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There are items on the legal side that may be coming to alcoholic beverages, including wine, in the next few years. These are related to pub...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

2018: The Year in Craft Beer

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This was another high growth year for craft beer in the U.S. A few things stand out: 1) The number of small breweries made a huge increase....
Monday, December 24, 2018

What Wine to Leave for Santa

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Santa Claus has got a very long night ahead of him. Sure, you might put out some cookies, but what about something to wash down those sugary...
Friday, December 21, 2018

Natural Wine -- Here it Comes!

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Natural wine has been around for awhile, but not well-known by consumers. This is changing as the organic food movement has grown its popula...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Does the Winemaker Make the Wine?

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In smaller wineries making up to a few thousand cases of wine a year the winemaker, maybe an assistant, and/or a cellar master all play majo...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Sparkling Wine in the U.S.

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  During the holiday season you find more writers and consumers talking about champagne / sparkling wine / Prosecco because this is when mos...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Gallo's Thunderbird Wine; It's Ba-a-ack!

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You may be old enough to have memories of Thunderbird. If you do they probably aren't fond ones. It was sweet, high alcohol and cheap. I...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Little-Known Facts About Prohibition

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Last week was the 85th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition -- the worst amendment ever to the Constitution. From Wine Spectator here ar...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Wine Sales Flatten

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It seems the bull market for premium California wine may have hit its peak. Sales are flat though revenue is up slightly because of rising ...
Friday, December 7, 2018

Sonoma County's Michelin-Starred Restaurants

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The latest ratings were recently announced. Single Thread Farms Restaurant in Healdsburg opened in 2016 to great fanfare. This year the r...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Objective & Subjective Traits in Wine

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Whether the review comes from someone who gets paid to rate wine, from a friend, or you -- how you rate a wine is a combination of objective...
Monday, December 3, 2018

Diversifying Sonoma County Tourism

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Sonoma County is pretty well locked in on being a premium wine destination. But as many business leaders will tell you it's not always b...