Vineyard’s and Winery’s
Sonoma This region unlike Napa, its neighbor to the east, does not have an overarching AVA. The landscape and climates are diverse across Sonoma County, allowing for a wide range of different styles and varieties of wine. There are 18...
Walla Walla is located at the base of the Blue Mountains in the Southeast Corner of Washington. This has become a leading wine region, especially for Bordeaux varieties. Settlers first began growing grapes in this region in the 1850s, but...
Walla Walla Walla Walla sits in the South East of Washington. You have to mean to go there to get there. Luckily the easiest route is through the spectacular Columbia River Gorge. We ended our last episode with a bit...
Late last summer, when Oregon was in its heatwave, we were in the Willamette Valley and spent a morning at Youngberg Hill with the owner and winemaker Wayne Bailey. The McMinnville AVA is another sub-appellation within Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Until...
Today we visit another of the Nested AVAs in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. We are off to Lenné Estate In the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. The Yamhill-Carlton AVA The Yamhill-Carlton AVA is a horseshoe-shaped bowl that faces south. The North Yamhill River flows...
It’s not unusual for an oenophile to be into French Wine, but Scott MacFiggen and Regina Bustamante who founded Sosie Wines, dove deep into this passion, spending as much time as they could exploring the wines and regions of France....
The Scenic Route 2021 Remember that trip we took in August? The Scenic Route 2021, where we visited a million wineries (okay not a million, but it was quite a few!). We caught you up on Day 9 at Caprio...
We are on to Day 7 of the 12 Days of Wine! We don’t often dip into fortified wines, but it’s the holidays! We are sharing with you a port style dessert wine from Southern Oregon’s Umpqua Valley from Trella...
It’s Day 4 of the 12 Days of Wine 2020 and we are onto another style and color of wine! This time the wine leans orange, due to the skin contact on this white grape! Day 4 Bradley Vineyards 2018...
We are up to Day 3 of our 12 Days of Wine 2021 Celebration! Today for the first time this season we dip into red wine, beginning with Old Vine Zin from California! Day 3 Selby Winery 2017 Sonoma Country...
We have had the privilege of working with L’Ecole No. 41 this past year. They kindly sent us samples of many of their wines to taste and pair and this month we reach the Apex of their tasting line up,...
We started going to Paso Robles to taste wine years ago. At the time Tobin James was all the rage in the Vegas Restaurants and it was our first stop (it’s the first winery you will pass coming in as...
