Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Wines Stories of 2020

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  A look at the main stories covered in this blog for 2020. Yeah, guess what, the Covid pandemic tops the list as it related to the wine bu...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Quirky Sonoma County

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  There are a number of what you might call odd events that happen throughout the year in Sonoma County. You might not see anything quite li...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The Father of Premium Wines

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Unless you're a local to Sonoma County you've probably never heard of Agoston Haraszthy or even know how to pronounce his name. The ...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Wine Myths

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There are a few things you hear or read about wine that just aren't true. Let's hit on a few.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

The People Who Make the Wine You're Enjoying

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  The people usually getting the credit are wine makers (deserved) or winery owners (not necessarily deserved). Like any successful company ...
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Friday, December 11, 2020

Plan to Visit Sonoma County During the Holidays?

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  It won't be happening. Sonoma County announced a stay-at-home order effective December 12, 2020 through January 9, 2021. Tasting room...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Drinking a Little Less

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Yep, we've seen the studies about moderate consumption being healthy. We'd like to believe, but I think most of us have doubts about...
Monday, December 7, 2020

2020 California Wine Grape Harvest

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You probably heard about the wildfire in Napa Valley during the 2020 grape harvest. Maybe you even thought, "OMG the wines are all ruin...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

Sonoma Zinfandel Producers to Look For

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Chances are you aren't much of a zinfandel person if you live outside California because, unfortunately, most of the zins that make it i...
Monday, November 30, 2020

Picking Out a Bottle of Wine

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  You're in a retail shop looking at many wine labels and it might be a bit overwhelming. Where do you start? Most begin with a particul...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Tough Loses in Sonoma County this Week

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Local obits with a bit of Sonoma County history.
Monday, November 23, 2020

Covid and Drinking Behavior

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  Yeah, I think we already knew this, but alcohol consumption is up since the Covid-19 epidemic started. A study by RTI International , a no...