What has been a fairly well kept secret, that the California Gold Country is a great place to vacation, is finally getting out. The folks over at Lonely Planet, publishers of travel guides, have named the California Gold Country one of the top US10 travel destinations for 2012. Sandwiched between Boulder, Colorado at #7 and […]
At long last, and by popular demand, Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines, will be available in the Kindle format tomorrow, 10 January 2012! The Kindle edition contains all the same information about 68 different wineries in Amador and El Dorado County, along with recommendations about where to stay and where […]
Bring Out The Barrel will be happening the weekend of January 28 and 29. Twenty-seven of El Dorado Counties finest wineries will be participating. It is an opportunity to meet with the wine makers and taste the newest vintages before they’re bottled. And maybe buy some futures while you’re there. The tickets, good for barrel […]
Let me start off the New Year with a “Drink Now Alert!” Last night our neighbors served us a 2007 Zinfandel from Mount Aukum in El Dorado County. It was terrific: the kind of wine that makes you say “wow” as your eyes roll back in your head. If you love lush, silky, full bodied […]
Ah, you can almost hear the siren song of the bloggers as they wrap up their year’s blogging exploits, successes and failures. ‘Tis the time of year when we are all wont to reflect on our year just past and begin to plan for the year not yet arrived. And I’m no different. 2011 was […]
Hey, buddy, wanna buy a winery? I got one right here. Or so it seems. According to the Wine Spectator there are a record number of wineries for sale or taking on new partners. The reasons have to do with the increased competition among wineries, the sour economy, and a large group of aging wine […]
Skinner Vineyards is one of three wineries that I had included in my book prior to my having tasted their wines. The Skinner family has been making wines in the Gold Country since the middle 1800’s. Their new winery location had not yet opened at the time Pour Me Another went to press. On my […]
Last weekend, I ventured eastward to Gold Country with a group of friends. The travelling band of wine tasters varied in size from 7 on Friday to 14 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday. It was a wonderful opportunity to share my passion for Gold Country and Gold Country wines with friends, some of whom […]
On a recent trip up to Gold Country I was shocked to see that one of my favorite small wineries was no more. Bantam Cellars, a fun, small, family winery, associated with Karly Wines, was a welcome respite from the increasingly overly corporate and packaged wineries in Amador County. These were real people making real […]
A couple of weeks ago we ventured east to El Dorado County with a small group of friends who had never been tasting in Gold Country before. We dropped in to a couple of our favorite wineries to taste and buy. One of our destinations was Crystal Basin Cellars. CBC has revised their tasting menu. […]
