This past Saturday, we gathered with a friend and I grabbed a bottle from our wine rack on the way out the door. I knew this was going to be a good wine, as I had favorable memories of it from the El Dorado Passport event in April. One of the best wines I've had […]
The East Bay Vintners Alliance is putting on the 9th annual Urban Wine Xperience on Saturday, August 2nd from 1 to 5pm. The event will be on the Jack London Square Ferry Lawn in Oakland. This is your opportunity to taste wines from 20 different East Bay wineries, as well as foods from local restaurants who […]
This post was originally posted on June 22, 2012. Last weekend’s jaunt up to El Dorado for the Pleasant Valley Wine Makers’ Rocks & Rhone event reminded me that Summer tasting has some specific requirements! It is almost officially Summer and I’m sure your mind is wandering in the neighborhood of “where can we go […]
I’ll come right out and say it: this is a perty darn good wine. The Skinner family has deep roots in the Sierra Foothills. The winery hit the ground running when they opened a couple years ago with some nice reds. They continue to improve with every new release. Sharing it’s name with the original […]
My heavens I have been a bad wine blogger! My abject apologies! It all boils down to Sloth. Can’t blame Life, or Health or other Outside Forces. No. It is Sloth, plain and simple. But I will make an oath, here and now, that I shall be posting more often! We have been drinking through […]
The El Dorado Winery Association, knows how to put on an event. The Association’s 2013 Passport event the past two weekends was a success for me and my merry band of tasters. The overarching theme was “Fame”, which manifested as Hollywood movie themes of varying intensity from winery to winery. At some wineries, the theme […]
I will be having a book signing in Oakland this weekend. There is also news about Amador County wineries instituting tasting fees. Let’s chat a bit about both. Book Signing Saturday, December 1st, Stage Left Cellars in Oakland is hosting me for a book sale and signing. I am honored to be included in their […]
This is an updated version of last year’s What Wine to Serve With Turkey post. I’ve added a fourth wine. It is that time of the year again. We’re all turning our minds towards preparing for the Thanksgiving dinner. Those of us who know a little bit about wine start getting asked “what wine goes […]
Mike Dunne, writer for the Sacramento Bee, recently published a nice piece about Convergence, an out of the way, but destination-worthy winery in Amador County. They aren’t far from Sutter Creek and are well worth the short diversion to reach Convergence. Share this:Share
After spending the day preparing for my trip to the North East, last Wednesday evening my partner and I had opened a bottle of Gold Hill Vineyard’s 2008 Cabernet Franc. We each had a glass and though we enjoyed it, we both noted that it was sweeter than other Cab Franc’s we had tasted. The […]
