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.

Thursday, February 27, 2025

The Great Grape Migration

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As temperatures warm, vineyards will have to move. Premium grapes are very susceptible to temperature changes, as each variety operates in a...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Historical Wineries in Napa & Sonoma

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Wineries for the history buff.
Thursday, February 20, 2025

High Tasting Rooms Fees and the Visitor Slowdown

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It may not be news to you that wine bottle prices and wine tasting fees have gone up substantially since the end of the Pandemic lockdown. W...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

The Small 2024 Calif Grape Crush

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Per the U.S. Dept of Agriculture ( USDA ), the 2024 California wine grape crush was the smallest in 25 years. Total crush size was 2.844 mil...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Watering Back Wine

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Watering back wine is the practice of diluting the grape juice before fermenting it into wine. The purpose is to decrease the alcohol conte...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Wineries That Built Sonoma County

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Sonoma County came to prominence as a premium wine producer in the last three decades of the 20th century. Following are some of the winerie...
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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Appellation of Origin on a Wine Label

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The Treasury Department sets labeling laws for alcoholic products. These are usually set and occasionally modified by feedback from interest...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Rosé

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Rosé wine is a big deal in the U.S. It wasn't always this way. Rosé sales for wine over $7 went from a measly 150,000 cases in 2010 to 2...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

The Wine Country for All of Us

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Travelzoo is a travel club. You join to get special offers for trips.  For 2025, Travelzoo chose Sonoma County as one of their nine worldwid...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

You've been to Napa and Sonoma, now what?

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If you've had trips to Napa Valley and neighboring Sonoma County, but want something new, where do you go? 
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Alcohol Warning Labels

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  The outgoing Surgeon General would like to put cancer warning labels on all alcoholic beverages. Dr. Brian Lawenda, a Harvard-trained onco...
Thursday, January 16, 2025

About Pinot Noir, Part 2 (California)

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  The previous post, About Pinot Noir, Part 1 , is concerning the origins and characteristics of Pinot. This one relates to Pinot Noir in Ca...
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