The other day, I was sitting at home after a typically whacky day at work, trying to decompress, when the nice UPS driver popped by. After I got over my shock and amazement at the fact i was actually HOME at the time, since this is against UPS edict in my world, I was pleasantly [...]
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Why are you so in to pinot! I mean it’s like a thing for you. Yes, that is a line from the movie Sideways, in which Pinot Noir played a central character, and yet, it is so true in my world. For me, Pinot Noir has a certain j’ai n’est c’est quoi, that certain something that [...] In this case, a bottle of Broll Mountain Vineyards 2004 Syrah from Calaveras County. I first discovered Broll Mountain through a chance meeting at a ZAP volunteer event, where @brixchick_liza and i met Roger & Ginger, who are retirees who work part time at Broll Mountain. As chance would have it, the winery is in [...] So, you’ve seen my post on the little wine called Rockaway. This wine is other half of Rodney Strong’s single vineyard high end Cabernet project, called Brothers Ridge. This vineyard sits between 400-1030 feet, in the hills above Cloverdale, and while it shares many similarities with Rockaway it is a very different wine and I [...] Happy New Year! Boy am I glad 2009 is over. While there were some fabulous times last year, the last few months were pretty wretched for me. Today is 1/02/2010 however, and as a palindrome, I’m thinking it’s good luck. To kick this year off with a bang, I’m here to announce the 2010 Wine Bloggers [...]
Benziger Family Vineyards sits inside an eruption cauldron, part of Sonoma Mountain, in Glen Ellen. One beautiful early fall day, they took on a group of bloggers and showed us the VIP treatment and gave us a nice education and tasting lesson behind the scenes. Here at Benziger, the practice [...] Haber Family Vineyards, which sits high atop Howell Mountain, near the village of Angwin, was founded in 2004 by Ron and Sue Marie Haber, a couple of summer refugees from the East Coast. My blogging friend Melissa Dobson, of Melissa Dobson PR & Marketing, was kind enough to arrange a bloggers tasting day up on the mountain. Sue [...] I was recently lucky enough to be invited to sit in the presence of wine royalty. Joel Peterson, the founder and driving force behind Ravenswood Winery, hosted an intimate wine dinner where he poured and discussed his single vineyard designate wines. What a treat! Ravenswood is a formidable force in the zin world, and Peterson is [...] This month, Wine Blogging Wednesday returns to it’s founder, Lenn Thompson of Lenndevours for a little twist on drinking locally. Lenn charged us to not only drink wines that are made locally, but rather to DRINK them locally, vis a vis at a winery. Well, I took it an extra step. As I had a [...] As some of you know, I cut my wine teeth on zinfandel. It is a particular passion of mine, and I love exploring different zinfandels; to that end, I joined ZAP, the Zinfandel Advocates & Producers, almost 10 years ago so I could be surrounded by the bold stuff. I’m excited to announce that I’m [...] |
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