Friday, November 29, 2019

Wine Learning from Craft Beer

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Premium wine has been around a lot longer that craft beer so you'd think it's beer that could learn from the wine industry. That...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Sonoma County Winter Events 2019-20

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What's going on during the quiet season of December to March? Quite a few things as it turns out.
Friday, November 22, 2019

Visiting Sonoma County After the Fire

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The Kincade fire burn zone: There are over 1.1 million acres of land in Sonoma County (about the size of Rhode Island). 78,000 burned or abo...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Should I Age My Wine?

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I've been asked this a few times. Usually in the setting of a tasting room where someone purchases a bottle of red and wants to know abo...
Monday, November 18, 2019

No Such Thing as a Good Vintage or a Bad Vintage

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  Y ou probably hear statements like, "2015 is a great year for Bordeaux, but 2017 is a bad year" or "1997 was great for Cali...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Friday Wine Funnies

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Because, you know, enough of taking the subject of wine seriously.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Sonoma County's Old Timers (Wineries, That Is)

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There are a number of old, historic wineries in Sonoma County. In some you can still see the history. A few are even still owned by the same...
Monday, November 11, 2019

California's ABC -- inept and apparently corrupt

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The Alcohol Beverage Control Department, headquartered in Sacramento, is not very good at doing their job and that comes from the top leade...
Friday, November 8, 2019

Before Wine & Beer There Was Whiskey

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Remember hearing about the Whiskey Rebellion in school? It seemed a little odd to have a war over whiskey. The following link from the Histo...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel

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Dry Creek Valley is in northern Sonoma County sitting north of the Russian River Valley and west of Healdsburg and Alexander Valley. If you ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Sonoma Vly Photos 1/4/19

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Photos from the Kunde Winery property in Sonoma Valley; taken Nov 4, 2019
Monday, November 4, 2019

Yes, We're Still Here!

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Sonoma County had a big fire again. That's two in the last three years and about two too many. The 2017 one was devastating as it came w...