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.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Couples That Drink Together Live Longer

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Data from a Heath and Retirement Study shows that couples who drank together live longer. This conclusion was based on moderate drinking, e...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

Winery & Vineyard Real Estate

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What does the Napa and Sonoma real estate market for wineries and vineyards look like now, in mid-2024? Here's a little info from Vintro...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

A Few Ways the Tasting Room Has Changed

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There have been major changes in the way wine tasting rooms operate in the past few years. You might already know this if you've been wi...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Planning a Wine Country Trip

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I've lived in Sonoma County since 1980 when the local wine country was just a baby. There weren't many wineries to visit back then a...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

California Wine on the Decline? Nope.

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News spreads quickly on social media. One such story that came out of the SF Chronicle is that the California wine industry is dying. They n...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Climate Whiplash is Keeping Grape Growers on Their Toes

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C limate whiplash , it's enough to drive a farmer crazy. Growing premium wine grapes is especially hard hit because a slight variation i...
Monday, July 8, 2024

You Should Drink Wine Because ...

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You could drink a glass of wine, with potential benefits to you, or a glass of water, with bacteria and chlorine.  :)
Friday, July 5, 2024

NEWS: Foppiano Winery Acquired

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Foppiano Winery, established by Giovanni Foppiano in 1896, has sold to a local wine company. There have been public family squabbles for sev...

Napa vs. Sonoma, By the Numbers

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Everybody loves a good comparison; Honda vs Toyota, California wine vs French, dogs vs cats. So let's take a look at Napa vs Sonoma. Thi...
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

What Segments of the Wine Market ARE Growing?

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With all the doom and gloom around wine sales, and it's been way overstated IMO, where are the bright spots in the wine market?
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Slow Summer for Wineries, Part 2

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This is a followup to the A Slow Summer for Wineries post from a couple of days ago. A just released article from a Silicon Valley Bank web...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

A Slow Summer for Wineries

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  During The Grand Reopening after the Pandemic lockdown, it was glorious! People couldn't wait to get out of the house and spend that ...
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