Monthly Archives: July 2011


Gold Country Wine Drive No. 1

Many people I speak with about Gold Country wines are unaware that there are wineries in Amador and El Dorado counties.  Some don’t even have a clear idea of where Gold Country is.  So, I thought I would do a series of posts with recommended drives through various parts of Gold Country, with suggestions about […]

Pour Me Another, Sutter Creek Area

QR Codes, Pour Me Another

QR Codes? Oh, Yes!

It seems that my wine guide is one of the first guide books to make extensive use of QR codes.  What is a QR code?  It is a bar code of sorts that looks like the illustration below. When you scan a QR code with the bar code scanner app on your smart phone, it […]


Pour Me Another avalable for sale at Barnes & Noble online…again!

Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines is once again for sale at Barnes & Noble online.  Although, they are listing it as “currently unavailable” which is entirely false.  Not sure what drugs these people are on, but whatever they’re taking, I don’t want any.  Just go to Amazon.com. Share this:Share


Fiddling the Tax Man

Amazon.com is not collecting California sales tax on purchases made on their site from California.  I just made a purchase, a new wine journal, and they didn’t charge me the California sales tax. So, if you were holding back on buying my book, Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines, because of […]