Maybe those are the Four Graces. I’m not quite up on my religious mythology, but I do know that The Four Graces Winery in the Willamette Valley region of Oregon shares the winemaking talents of Laurent Montalieu with Solena Estate. You can read more about that HERE and HERE, but to refresh your memory, Laurent hails from [...]
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Water water everywhere, and lots to drink!
It’s day 2 of the Wine Bloggers Conference, and we’re off on the little yellow school buses to explore some of the Walla Walla terroir. Fortunately for us Bay Area folks,who aren’t used to the heat, it was a warm but pleasant day for walking around the vineyards and our bus was off and ready [...]
High on a hill
There’s a lonely goat herd, yodeleeellooooheeho! Or in this case, there are some horses, some cows and a whole lot of scrub brush. Up on top of Atlas Peak, VinRoc creates micro crafted small lot Cabernet Sauvignon. Above the fog line, overlooking the Foss Valley, where open pastures and oak trees haven’t been overtaken by [...]
You shook me all morning long
Hospices du Rhône. Day 2. What happens when you take several hundred (probably hungover, definitely tired) wine writers, bloggers, lovers, and somms, and throw them in a conference room at 9am with eight glasses of wine in front of them ? Lots and lots of champagne. that’s what happens. wait…strike that. Reverse it. But you can’t! [...]
Arrested Development
After our adventure barrel tasting at Cartograph, we were lucky enough (ok fine, Alan knows people) to be treated to a very special private tasting at Arista Winery. I’ve been to Arista before, and have always enjoyed their Pinot Noirs, but this was realy a treat a we were able to taste 7 older vintages [...]
On the birth of a winery
If you’ve been reading my blog for the past year or so, you know that I’ve ingratiated myself become friends with the Cellar Rat (@cellarrat), Alan Baker, and his partner Serene Lourie (@slourie), who have launched their new brand, Cartograph Wines. Morphing out of Alan’s previous project, Cellar Rat Cellars, which was some damn fine Pinot [...]
Soléna Soléna Soléna!
I first found out about Soléna Estate wines from my blogger friend Ryan Reichert, (@oenoblog)when he moved to Oregon to start his new career in the wine industry. Through Ryan, I was introduced to Lynnette Shaw, the tasting room manager at Soléna. When Lynnette was in San Francisco for the Chronicle Wine Competition Grand Tasting, we got [...]
Baby done a bad bad thing…
Where is my John Wayne Where is my prairie son Where is my happy ending Where have all the cowboys gone Apparently, they are in Napa! there is just something about a cowboy. In this case, it’s the Bad Boy on the 2007 Bad Boy Red, by Rcca Family Vineyards in Napa. This little baby [...]
Make-A-Wish
This really is an event that I can get my heart behind. Make a wish grants wishes to critically ill children, and this charity wine tasting and dinner promises to be a fantastic evening. I am blessed for my (mostly) good health, and for those that are not – please consider donating to help this [...]
