So this is going to be a stretch for most people, but I’m going to take a stab at it anyway. This morning I received an invitation to participate in a “virtual tasting” of a French wine. For those of you who aren’t familiar, a “virtual tasting” is a marketing event where the wine producer […]
Amazon.com is not collecting California sales tax on purchases made on their site from California. I just made a purchase, a new wine journal, and they didn’t charge me the California sales tax. So, if you were holding back on buying my book, Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines, because of […]
Granted this is not an Amador or El Dorado County wine. That said, however, this wine was so remarkable that it couldn’t go uncommented upon. This 2008 Syrah, from Fernwood Cellars is quite good. We were at a restaurant and ordered it off their menu because it was reasonably local, not Napa, and priced right. […]
