The makers of the highly regarded Metro Wine Map of France have done it again. This time they have created a Metro Wine Map of California. The maps are done in the style of Paris metro maps, with major stops indicating wine making locations and key information about local grapes easily located. Each region is […]
Passport is not the only wine event in El Dorado County. It is the biggest, but not the only one. One of the other events is coming up on Memorial Day weekend. Five of the wineries in the Pleasant Valley region of El Dorado County put on the 2 day Rocks & Rhone event. Rocks […]
As an author trying to get my books out to interested readers, I find that I need to occasionally shift the focus of my online presence. Now is such a time. I have created a Pour Me Another specific website, PourMeAnotherGuide.com. This new site will be my primary online sales presence for Pour Me Another. […]
It is a true-ism that white wines are served chilled and red wines are served at room temperature. But is that strictly true? What temperature is “chilled”? What temperature is “room temperature”? Scott Harvey recently posted to his blog on this subject. He even provides a particularly handy chart of recommended serving temperatures for various […]
Now that some time has passed, I am able to reflect on this year’s El Dorado Winery Association’s Passport 2012 with a bit more objectivity. It was fun and fabulous! My partner and I have been venturing to El Dorado County for Passport events since 2006. Our first introduction to the region was a […]
Just back from an outstanding Passport 2012. This post will have to act as a placeholder and tease for upcoming posts about the event and the wines tasted. A visual log perhaps? Our merry band of wine tasters managed to visit 11 wineries in two days. We were able to visit David Girard – where […]
Oh, man, there are times when I read something really phenomenal about a subject I’m knowledgeable about and think, “Man, I wish I’d written this”. Well, today I had just that experience. Patrick Frank, one of the writers at Palate Press, wrote a great piece about the old growth Zinfandel vines in Amador County that […]
It is that time of the year again. The El Dorado County Wine Makers Association’s Passport event is only a few weeks away. The food and wine pairing event will be held on the weekends of 14-15 April and 21-22 April. The roads around Placerville will be buzzing with wine-o’s! (In the best possible way). […]
This is the next in my occasional series of interviews with wine makers and others in the industry. Late last year I interviewed Mark McKenna by email. Mark is the wine maker and General Manager at Andis Wines in Plymouth, California. I recently uncorked a bottle of the Andis 2009 Reserve Cabernet Franc. I raved […]
I am happy to say that Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines will be available for purchase in three Gold Country wineries! In El Dorado County, Jodar Vineyards and Winery will be carrying my book. In Amador County, both Sera Fina Cellars and Amador Cellars will be selling my book. All […]
