Thursday, January 28, 2021

Wineries Open for Business! (Again)

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   The California governor recently allowed the counties to reopen. This was probably because of a combination of hospitals seeing fewer pat...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

The Demographic of Wine Reviewers

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First of all let me say that I am an old white guy. That's the same demographic that gives points and gold medals to wines.
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Gallo's Control of the Wine Market

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Unless you're in the wine biz you probably missed the huge sale of wine brands between the two biggies in the U.S. wine market, Constell...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Give Your Sense of Taste and Smell A Workout

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Maybe it's not just about giving your body a workout after the holidays. Something that might be a little more enjoyable is improving yo...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Wine Country Lodging & Dining During the Pandemic

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   We've heard about wineries and the economic pain with lack of visitation. Some have been helped by more shipping via their websites....
Monday, January 11, 2021

2021 in Wine

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   Everybody likes predictions and the nice thing about them is readers forget what you predicted when it doesn't come to pass. Besides,...
Friday, January 8, 2021

One Company That's Doing Well During the Pandemic

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  Naked Wines is a 12 year old online wine retailer based in the UK. It's a different sort of wine club and you can read about how they...
Monday, January 4, 2021

Possible BIG Wine Story of 2021

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  T his new year starts dark, but improves as the vaccines are rolled out. It's just that no one knew at the time how the new mRNA formu...
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.