April is Sonoma County Wine Month Sonoma County Vintners is celebrating Sonoma County Wine Month all April! This region has 19 AVAs and grows over 60 varieties of wine grapes, so there is something for everyone. Sonoma-Sonoma Sunrise over Chardonnay...
On Napa Valley’s Eastern side off the Silverado Trail, you will find the Krupp Brothers winery. The beautiful property hosts guests for tastings at the foot of the Vaca Mountains at a Tuscan-style estate. But this was not where the...
Discovering the wines of Lynmar Estate I love discoveries. Luckily, I am in a field where there are lovely surprises around every corner. When Alain of Regency Wines invited me to lunch, I had no idea about the wine we...
Celebrating Black History Month With February being Black History Month, it is a great time to familiarize ourselves with more of the diverse voices in the wine industry. Ideally, we do this all year, not just in February. I have...
Sometimes wine grapes bring together places and cultures. In this age when vines have traveled the globe, I suppose it’s not so strange to have an Italian grape grown in California made into wine by a winery with a Spanish...
Un-oaked Recently I came across a question on social media. The person wondered if anyone knew of Cabernet Sauvignon being made un-oaked. It is a rarity these days, to be sure. Cabernet Sauvignon berries are small, giving a greater skin-to-flesh...
Christmas Eve and the Feast of the 7 Fishes It has been a while since I had the luxury of having Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. When you work in Theatre, people love to see shows with their family...
Day 12 – 12 days of Wine – United States, California and Tablas Creek Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc 2021 United States The final stop of our tour is not too far from home. We are back in the...
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....
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...
We’ve been celebrating Merlot for the past month with #MerlotMe. Today is the culmination of the celebration, Merlot Day. We celebrate with the last of the sample bottles that arrived for our #MerlotMe tastings, a bottle of Silverado Vineyards 2018...
The Merlots just keep coming! I know it’s not still October, but we are still celebrating #MerlotMe! *This wine was received as a media sample. All opinions remain our own. The St. Francis Reserve Merlot 2018 from Sonoma arrived and...
Tempting Spoonfuls: Pairing single bites with glorious wines
Tempting Spoonfuls - small bites paired with wines from around the globe
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