I was acquainted with Urban Legend Cellars primarily through their Twitter feed. The relaxed and friendly voice behind their tweets encouraged me, and all their other followers, to stop in to their new tasting room located in the Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland. On a recent weekend afternoon, I did just that. There isn’t […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
It was pretty hot here in the Bay Area earlier this week. While it has cooled off now, the start of the week was definitely White Wine Weather (the other “www”). I opened up a bottle of a 2009 Verdelho from Nine Galbles Vineyard. It is such a nice wine. The color is the palest […]
