This is a big weekend in the Bay Area for local, urban wineries. This is the Urban Wine Xperience weekend! I posted about this event a couple of weeks ago. Well it happens on Saturday, August 2nd at Jack London Square in Oakland. BREAKING: the Urban Wine Xperience is SOLD OUT. No more advance tickets […]
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 […]
It is that time of year again: Passport 2014 is right around the corner! This year’s Passport will be on the weekends of April 5 & 6 and April 12 & 13. With over 30 participating wineries, this year promises to be one of the best Passport events yet. If you aren’t familiar, the El […]
I will be selling and signing my books this coming Saturday, December 7, from 11am until 5pm at Stage Left Cellars in Oakland. Come on over to Stage Left and sample their wines, which are very good, meet some great folks and say “Hi”. I will be selling all of my books: Pour Me Another, […]
The design website inthralld.com recently published this feature about displaying your wine. I have to say I am of two minds about this subject. On the one hand, as a wine enthusiast who believes, and has argued before, that wine is not for collecting, but is for drinking, I was annoyed. On the other hand, […]
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 “live Tweeting” my El Dorado County Passport 2013 experience on the weekend of April 20 and 21. I will be leading a small, merry band of Gold Country wine enthusiasts through the back roads of El Dorado County. With over 30 different participating wineries, we’ll be hard pressed to select which wineries […]
Life here at the casa has been interesting. I’ve had to put the Urban Wine book on the back burner for the time being because of family and work obligations. But we are carrying on. We have been living with this motto in mind: Keep Calm and Drink Wine. I have another wine book idea […]
1. (Not so wine-y, nor so good) Although I have disabled all commenting on this site, I am still being barraged with attempted SPAM comments to the tune of 100+ per day. Commenting will remain turned off until I can figure out how to stop this. 2. Stage Left Cellars is open for tasting this […]
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 […]
