Okay, this isn’t about wine. But it is an incredibly fun activity in Gold Country, especially if you have kids or a fascination with trains. The Placerville & Sacramento Valley Rail Road, celebrates 150 years in operation this year. The volunteer organization that maintains the rail road offers train rides on the weekends. They operate […]
Thanks to the fine folks at Crystal Basin Cellars, I will be selling and signing my book at their Public Release Party on Saturday, June 9, 2012 from noon to 5pm or until the books sell out. Crystal Basin is one of the few El Dorado wineries making a sparkling wine, which is a great warm […]
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 […]
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 […]
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). […]
The El Dorado Winery Association’s biggest event of the year, the Passport 2012, has been scheduled for the weekends of April 14-15 and April 21-22. The Passport is two days of wine tasting and food pairings, this year with 32 participating wineries. For a ticket price of only $65 per person, attendees can visit as many […]
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 […]
I am pleased to announce that I will be participating in Gold Hill Vineyard’s Art and Wine in the Meadow event on September 18th from 10am until 5pm. I will be selling and signing copies of Pour Me Another all day. The event will be held “rain or shine”…so let’s hope for “shine”! Come on […]
On Sunday, August 14th, from Noon to 3pm. Andis Wines will be featuring a Semillon and Shrimp wine and food pairing. Thanks to their generosity, I will be there, too, selling and signing copies of Pour Me Another. Andis Wines is located at 11000 Shenandoah Road, about 5 minutes North East of Plymouth, California. Their tasting […]
The Pleasant Valley wineries in El Dorado County are putting on their annual Rocks and Rhones wine event this May 28 and 29. For a small fee, you are treated to wine and food pairings at each of the participating wineris. The wineries are Holly’s Hill, Sierra Vista, Mira Flores and Narrow Gate. They all […]
