Thursday, November 30, 2023

Why Buy Wine from an Independent Retailer

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Wine shopping has never been easier for most of us (except for you, Utah). It's simple to buy online in most states. This works best if...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

2023 Grape Growing Season in Sonoma County

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 A Santa Rosa Press Democrat article in the Sunday paper is a wrap-up of the local harvest season. As it seems with most harvests, there is...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Are There Too Many Appellations?

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Per the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TTB, there are 269 Appellations , American Viticultural Areas/AVAs, official wine growi...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Grapes Trellising and Climate Change

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   Concern about climate change is a real thing with grape growers and winemakers. Wine grape varieties are very susceptible to year-to-year...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

First time? In a winery, I mean

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If you've never been to a winery for tasting , it might seem a little scary or intimidating, especially if you don't know much about...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Disneyland comes to Napa, Maybe

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Per the Napa Valley Register , a Margaritaville Resort is under consideration by the local county government. The location would be in the ...
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Sparkling Wine from Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino

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The holidays are coming, get ready! Sparkling wine is the generic term for still wines with added carbonation via a second fermentation.  I...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Roundup in Your Wine

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Roundup (glyphosate) has been in the news for many years. The World Health Organization called it a probable carcinogen in 2015. How much i...
Thursday, November 2, 2023

Napa Valley's Unrealistic Assumptions

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Visitation is down in the California wine regions. Napa being the "star" means the focus is on them and what happens in Napa often...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Will There Be a Cool AI Tool to Help You Choose a Wine?

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Artificial Intelligence/AI is the current buzzword in the tech field. It can be used for good, it can be used for bad, according to the peop...
Friday, October 27, 2023

The Beer Biz is Having the Same Problems as the Wine Biz

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Wine consumption is down, as is winery visitation here in California. Lots of people are trying to figure out why and what to do about it. P...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Lodi's Zinfandel Problem

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  Z infandel has its ancestral home in southern Italy as Primitivo and before than in Croatia as Crljenak Kaštelanski (good luck pronouncing...