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This February in California Wine Country
This is biggest event of the month. Wine Country is the perfect romantic spot for a getaway with your loved one. If you’re looking to stay in the Napa Valley, Sonoma or Healdsburg, you might be too late reserving that perfect B&B and that favorite intimate restaurant. Continue reading
Top Wine Country Photographs 2010
What a great year of tasting delicious wines and taking photographs of the all the beautiful wine regions we visited. These are our favorite wine country photographs from the year 2010. Continue reading
In Search of the Perfect Fig Pizza
This is fig season so why not try making a fig pizza in your oven or on the BBQ grill. I got this recipe for fig pizza thanks to Chef Matt Paille, who created this pizza during his stint at … Continue reading
Food & Wine Pairing 101
One of the best learning experiences we had at the Wine Blogger’s conference in Washington this past weekend was on food and wine pairing. First we attended a seminar by chef Jeffrey Saad which was then followed by a “hands-on”activity … Continue reading
TAPAS Wine Tasting 2010 — Our Favorites
Tapas stands for Tempranillo Advocates, Producers, and Amigos Society. Some 50 wineries poured Tempranillo and other Spanish and Portuguese varietals at Fort Mason’s Herbst Pavilion this past Saturday, June 5th. It was a pleasant but somewhat eerie atmosphere in the … Continue reading
Posted in Wine Information, Wine Tasting Events
Tagged Core Wine Company, Parador wine, Tapas, Yorba Vineyards
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Vintage Wine Tasters Petite Sirah Taste Off
The Vintage Wine Tasters met this past Wednesday at our bimonthly meeting to blind taste and judge six Petite Sirah wines in the budget category of around $20 or less. In case you are new to following the Vintage Wine … Continue reading
Hopland Inn and the Wineries of Hopland
We have been to the old Hopland Inn on four occasions beginning in 2003. There is something about this old Victorian mansion that keeps us going back for more. But after our last visit, we may not visit again. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Mendocino Wine Country, Wine Information
Tagged Hopland Inn, Hopland wine country
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Hopland – Little Wineries and Great Values
My neighbor asked us where we were off to and I said “Hopland.” The dumbfounded look on her face said it all. She had never heard of the town of Hopland. I told her that we were going there to … Continue reading
Biodynamic Farming — Montemaggiore Winery in Dry Creek Valley
We have a great five-minute video of how biodynamic farming is implemented at the vineyards of the Montemaggiore Winery near the town of Healdsburg. We interviewed winery owner Vince Ciolino as he walked us through his hillside vineyards in the … Continue reading
Screw Top Wine Bottles
These days I don’t mind opening a bottle of wine that has a screw top. Ten years ago that would have been a different story. Bottles that had screw tops then usually contained cheap, very sweet, and bad-tasting wines. Today … Continue reading