Thursday, July 30, 2020

Organic, Biodynamic, Sustainable Wines

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Of the many things about wine that can confuse you and I, one is figuring out the meanings of organic, biodynamic, and sustainable wines. T...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Sonoma County by the Numbers

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You can learn a lot about a place by looking at the numbers. This can also help clear up some misconceptions. Of course, visiting is the eas...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Pandemic Glassware

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All available from Amazon!
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Gag Me With the Celebrity Rosé

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Famous people have been in the alcohol business for awhile. Remember when George Clooney and friends sold their Casamigos Tequila brand for ...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Harvest Work

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Do you like long hours, hard work, getting sticky, getting wet, with lots of insects, stinging and otherwise? Oh yeah, sometimes it's re...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Wine in a Can

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This article, The Evolution of Wine in a Can , talks about the (slowly) increasing number of wines in cans available and it's no longer ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Winery Sales & Wine Club Gains/Losses

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Business has certainly changed since the Covid virus hit. WineBusiness.com took a look at wineries' online direct-to-consumer sales afte...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

The 2020 Grape Harvest; Like No Other

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   So we've got this pandemic thingy with businesses opening and closing again; the number or cases flattening then rising again; and wh...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

States Drinking the Most Wine

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Who is pounding down the most wine? Per government statistics these states drink the most in total volume and per capita. Congratulations, I...
Thursday, July 2, 2020

Are Alcohol Sales Spiking?

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You may have heard the news that alcohol sales are heading up to new heights during the pandemic. You may have seen a chart showing the spik...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Getting Folks Back to the Tasting Room

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Some are ready to come back out wine tasting now any way they can. Some will not come back until things get back to the normal of a few mont...
Friday, June 26, 2020

Is the Wine Industry Racist?

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There is a handful of Black-owned wineries in California. For that matter there isn't a whole lot of Mexican-American owned ones either ...