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.

Monday, March 29, 2021

PS I Love You

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A number of wine varieties that aren't in America's top ten favorites are called misunderstood. Petite Sirah has been around "f...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

Do Tasting Notes Help?

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You might see tasting notes on the back of a wine bottle, maybe on a little card on the shelf in the store, or full tasting write-ups in win...
Monday, March 22, 2021

Inexpensive Eats in Sonoma County

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  W hile visiting you'll want to explore some of the top-notch food that Sonoma County is blessed with, but perhaps either your stomach...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Things You Only See in Wine Country (humor)

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The weird, the unusual, the what the hell were they thinking in commercial entities. Most are in Napa. I'll leave you to draw your own c...
Monday, March 15, 2021

The Changing American Wine Industry

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Big changes may be happening with the American wine business.
Thursday, March 11, 2021

Young People Buying Wine (humor)

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What kind of wine with my Taco Bell take-out? Here's your answer!  (It's Merlot). YouTube video  
Monday, March 8, 2021

New Tasting Rooms in Sonoma County

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Would you like to visit some newer places and maybe discover some new favorite wines? Heck, maybe you just wanna get out of the house and do...
Thursday, March 4, 2021

Is Aged Wine Better?

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There a many fallacies surrounding wine and how it's presented to you. Things like wines with corks are better than ones with screw caps...
Monday, March 1, 2021

Starting a Wine Collection

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So you may be thinking you should actually plan for a selection of wines to drink at a later date rather than just have a few miscellaneous ...
Friday, February 26, 2021

Missing Barrel Tasting This Year?

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  The Wine Road's Barrel Tasting event, usually the first two weekends of March, is another victim to the pandemic. Yes, it's such a...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Wine in Single Serving Cans

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The Feds in the TTB agency control all things alcohol. They recently ruled to allow small single serving packaging of wine to be sold indivi...
Monday, February 22, 2021

This Might Change Alcohol Advertising

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 A big shift in the American alcohol industry. Will you soon see an ad with a group of women drinking Bud while watching TV? Probably not, b...
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