Monday, August 30, 2021

Diet Wine

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Dry table wines contain about 125 calories per five ounce glass. That's not a lot if you only have one glass, but what fun is that? Lowe...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Napa (or Other Wine Region) Guide

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  Lots of folks planning a trip to Napa Valley, or some other wine region, have similar questions: Where to drink, where to eat, where to st...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Call it Climate Change, Call it Bad Luck

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Whatever you want to call it, the weather for the past few years is causing major problems for some of your favorite wineries. Scorched, Par...
Friday, August 20, 2021

OMG they're not drinking wine!

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The graph below is meant to worry people in the wine biz. The newest arbitrarily named generation (gen z) isn't buying wine! Similar cha...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

The California Zinfandel Trail

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It's about time somebody did this! From the Zinfandel Advocates and Producers ( ZAP ) comes your guide to exploring California's bes...
Monday, August 16, 2021

Look Out Gallo, Here Come the Feds

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  Gallo and its many brands own 22% of the U.S. wine market by volume. Considering there are 11,000 wineries in the country, that is huge! O...
Thursday, August 12, 2021

The California Drought

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You've probably read about it in the news, you've no doubt seen photos of the low water levels in some reservoir. In many communitie...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Bud Wine

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There's this new wine brand that is showing up on store shelves, 101 North, which implies the US 101 highway that runs from L.A. then th...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Visiting? There are Covid Changes

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With the Delta variant of Covid pushing through the country, locally in Sonoma/Napa, and the general Bay Area, there are some changes in pla...
Monday, August 2, 2021

Beer vs. Wine, by Country

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Some nations drink lots of beer, others lots of wine. Who has the biggest differential between the two adult beverages? This info is from a ...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

And You Thought a Toilet Paper Shortage Was Bad

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 A year ago we were scrambling for TP and sanitizer. More recently, everything from computer chips to chicken wings to restaurant wait staff...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

A Shift in Wine Regions

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Wine grapes are the canary in the coal mine when it comes to growing crops on a warming planet. Wines, especially premium wine grapes, grow ...