Silicon Valley? Yes Virginia, there is wine in the South Bay, high above the muck of Cupertino, on Monte Bello ridge. Long before the computer chip was invented, the Monte Bello winery was started on this ridge. At 2600 feet, the winery is located at the apex of the hill, where the upper most vineyards [...]
Posts Tagged ‘zinfandel’
A wine-full month!
It’s January, and for me, that means a busy wine month. First, Winter Wineland is next weekend – January 16-17. At Winter Wineland, over 100 wineries in Russian River, Dry Creek, and Alexander Valley throw open their doors and show their best wines and nibbles. There are some wonderful themes at wineries, including my personal [...]
3 and Twenty Blackbirds
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 [...]
3 and Twenty Blackbirds
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 [...]
Wine Blogging Wednesday #48, Back to our ROOTS!
It being the Olympics, when I think of Roots, I think of those silly berets they made us wear the last time around. That said, I was looking forward to this WBW because Lenn asked us to “get back to our roots”. When first reading the theme, one might think I was going to go [...]
