Sonoma County, California, USA
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...
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...
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...
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....
Monterey to Healdsburg with a stop at Selby Wines Ah, the coast. When you live landlocked in a desert, there is nothing more refreshing than the sound and smell of the ocean. Our trip was set to take us inland,...
The Scenic Route 2021 After being cooped up for over a year, we were ready to get back out and safely explore, and the Wine Media Conference in Eugene Oregon gave us a reason to head North. Of course we...
Selby Winery – 100% owned and operated by Susan Selby. Susie Selby Winemaker and Owner of Selby Winery – Photo Courtesy Selby Winery Susie founded Selby Winery with her father Dr. David K. Selby in 1994. Her father was a...
It’s the season for bubbles and this past October I was able to do an amazing tasting and pairing event with sparkling wines from Gloria Ferrer at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Walla Walla Washington. I met Sarah Tracey of...
I had a plan, well sort of. It was Day 3 of our Flash tour and Flash tours are pretty busy! We had spent a day in Sonoma and this day was to start in Napa and end up in...
So we find ourselves on the Vista Terrace at the beautiful Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards. It’s a comfortable morning where the clouds have not yet burned off, so the view is soft and the vines look happy. And it’s...
On our recent trip to the California Coast we had the opportunity to stop for a tasting at Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyard. Located in Carneros, which is the Southern end of Sonoma County Wine Region, this is a sparkling...
We spent a day in Sonoma. I suppose that’s a pretty vague statement when you consider the size of the area, so let me be more specific. We spent a day in the Southern part of Sonoma County, starting our...
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