Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Regenerative Agriculture

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  On January 19th I published Types of Wines on the different farming and processing practices -- organic, biodynamic, natural, etc. Well, ...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Visiting the Wine Country in the Off-Season

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  Napa, and next door in Sonoma, are two big destinations for out-of-state visitors coming to experience the California wine country. Most p...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Who is Buying Wine?

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A couple ways to look at who is spending money on wine, by age. 
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Wine Types (No, Not Varietals)

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  As with the food industry, there are a lot of choices and confusion with wine types relating to health. Remember when the dairy aisle in t...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Tales of Sonoma County Past

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 Some of these are wine stories, some not. Some seem to come right out of the Wild West. Most appeared in the local paper, so are likely to ...
Friday, January 13, 2023

Friday Wine Funnies

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 A few humorous items to start the (for some) long weekend.
Thursday, January 12, 2023

What If California Gets Too Hot for Some Wine Grapes?

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If temperatures rise over the coming decades, some worry about wine grape production in California. Will famous places like Napa Valley get...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The (not so) Wonderful Company

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The Wonderful Company is a privately held $5 billion enterprise. Stewart and wife Lynda Resnick's best known product is Fiji Water, then...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

Why People Shop Online

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Not just for wine, but why do people shop online vs. in stores. Some of the reasons are obvious if you're an online shopper.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

State of the Wine World

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 The current state of the wine biz as we enter a new year.
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Napa/Sonoma Top Wine News for 2022 (and happy anniversary)!

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Happy Anniversary to me. The first post on this wine blog was on December 27, 2008, and titled "Oh no, another wine blog!" Yeah, I...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

A Few Inexpensive Sonoma County Wines

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Y ou'll rarely find ten dollar stuff coming from expensive Sonoma County grapes. Those California wines come from the San Joaquin Valley...