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.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

The Stock Exchange -- No Place for a Winery

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Sonoma County's medium-sized Truett-Hurst Winery lost its battle with the Nasdaq stock exchange after a five year journey. Until 2013 it...
Monday, March 25, 2019

Sonoma County's Gracianna Winery

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   You probably heard about the flooding along the Russian River earlier this month. Like any disaster once the news crews are gone there is...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Goofy Things We Do in Sonoma County

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Stuff happens here in Sonoma County wine country (and probably Napa, too) that you might find weird if you're from other parts of the co...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Roundup in Your Wine?

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Roundup's active ingredient, glyphosate, is in the food chain. Exactly how dangerous this is to us hasn't been determined, but the f...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Napa in the "Old Days"

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An interesting look at the roots of Napa Valley as one of the premier wine regions in the world. Tim Gaiser looks at some of the pioneers an...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Where Do You Find the Winos?

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Vatican City drinks the most wine per capita in the world though out of "real" countries Croatia is #1. Of states Idaho is tops....
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Twenty Reasons to Visit Sonoma County

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From a website called The Richest comes an article on why you should visit Sonoma County. To summarize I'd say for the variety of thi...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Increased Competition for California Wineries

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Since the depth of the Great Recession the number of wineries in California has increased 31% from 3,540 wineries in 2011 to 4,650 in 2017. ...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

A Key Demographic for Wine Sales Growth?

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Wine folks love to talk about the Millennials ad nauseam and how they're changing the wine industry. Occasionally someone will mention t...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Sonoma County's Destination Differentiators

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"Destination differentiators" is marketing speak for what distinguishes one vacation spot from another. It's easy to see how a...
Friday, February 15, 2019

Wine Myths and Facts

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There's absolute scientific proof, there's bald-faced lies, there's politics where truth is irrelevant. In wine there are many m...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Sangiacomo Family Wines

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A new winery has opened in Sonoma County. Not exactly big news as there are well over 400 wineries in the county. This one is a bit differe...
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