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Finding Connections in the Northern Rhône

Apr 17, 2020

Connections I’ve only been to France once. We were in Germany and during our week in Hamburg we took the train to Paris for a single day. Up early, we arrived at the Gard du Nord train station and made...

Santa Barbara Vintners Celebration of Harvest Weekend

Aug 29, 2017

Santa Barbara is one of our favorite wine regions. Typically we find our way that direction in April for the Vintners Spring Weekend, with it’s Seminars, special events and of course the Grand Tasting. This year, we thought we would...

Syrah Seminar 2016 SB Vintners – Episode 3 Bien Nacido

Jun 22, 2016

Syrah Panel Santa Barbara Vintners 2016 Chris Hammell of Bien Nacido Chris Hammell is the Vineyard Manager for Bien Nacido Vineyards. Bien Nacido is located in the Santa Maria Valley in Santa Barbara County. This vineyard is distinctive. Once you...

Santa Barbara Vintners Spring Weekend 2016

Apr 29, 2016

This past weekend was the time for our Annual trip to Santa Barbara for the Vintners Spring Weekend. The weekend was filled with great food, great wine and great people. We will start out with the overview here and then...

Qupe, Verdad, Ethan & Bob Lindquist

May 28, 2013

We left ABC and hurried back to the car (it was a bit of a hike!) and headed on to Los Olivos to try to get to Qupe before the tasting room closed. We had driven from Santa Barbara to...

Wines you can’t forget, part three

Oct 31, 2012

On to Part three of the wines I can’t forget. We will venture into Paso Robles, Virginia and Oregon! Lone Madrone The Will. Okay it’s no secret that I have a wine crush on Neil Collins and I had done...

Wines that I can’t forget, part one

Oct 24, 2012

Michael and I do quite a bit of wine tasting on our vacations. As you know if you have read our blog before, we love to visit wineries taste and get the feel of a winery. Often you can get...

Foxen Canyon & Los Olivos

Sep 28, 2012

Foxen Canyon Road After breakfast at the hotel it was still early so we decided to drive through Foxen Canyon. We started on 154 and headed north on Zaca Mesa past the Saarloos & Sons vineyards. Right about where you...

Wine pairings, no longer by the book.

Mar 13, 2012

The thing I love most about the gym is catching up on podcasts. This morning I was listening to a great Splendid Table podcast and Lynne was speaking with Matt Kramer abut his new book On Wine. He was discussing...