Monday, February 28, 2022

Winery Harvest Help; Unique Solutions

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Yes, here we are talking about the grape harvest in February. That's because the Southern Hemisphere is about to start picking and proc...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Give Us This Day Our Daily Red

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Does a daily glass of red wine help your heart? Is any amount of alcohol bad for you? It seems there are conflicting expert studies. Sure, t...
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Friday, February 18, 2022

Wine's Alcohol Percentage is Lying to You?

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The title of this article from Wine Enthusiast is "Why a Wine's Alcohol-by-Volume is Lying to You." It should actually say mi...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Change to Mask Mandates for Sonoma/Napa

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Statewide rules for Covid have changed effective Wednesday, February 16th.  Vaccinated people no longer have to wear a mask, with a few exc...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Reasonably Priced Sonoma County Wines

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U sually the high-priced stuff gets all the glory ($75 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, anyone)? Here are some really nice wines for under $30 that,...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Wine Funnies: Hope You Don't See Yourself Here!

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 You might have a problem if you see yourself in a couple of these    😁
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Looking for Sonoma County Merlot?

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Merlot, once the king of everyday drinking wines, fell on hard times. People have been told they shouldn't drink Merlot anymore, just as...
Thursday, February 3, 2022

Sonoma County Secrets

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I f you will be visiting Sonoma County you will probably do your research and know about restaurants like Valette in Healdsburg and Girl and...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

The Most Important California Wines

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Looking at the modern era, post-WWII, what wines were most important to the California wine industry? It's not the best, or most expensi...
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Friday, January 28, 2022

Younger Consumers Giving Up On Wine?

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The premium wine drinking population by age has changed over the past decade. During that time we came out of recession into good times, the...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

California's Mishandling of Merlot

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  First, addressing the big question when anyone says "Merlot," did Sideways ruin Merlot? No, certainly not single-handedly, but t...
Thursday, January 20, 2022

The Pandemic and Changing Drinking Habits

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A researcher in England has looked at drinking habits during the Bubonic Plague. Though this was several hundred years ago, it's an inte...