I believe that wine tasting is really a very simple activity that can be as nuanced or as straight forward as you are comfortable with.
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Read more »As I mentioned in my earlier post looking forward to 2012, This year I will be posting the occasional interview with wine makers and wine writers. Today is the first of this planned, intermittent series of interviews. These interviews are for my next book, Wine 101, which will be an introduction to wine and wine […]
As promised yesterday, the Kindle edition of Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines, the definitive guide to Gold Country wines, is now ready for purchase! The Kindle edition is basically the same as the paper back version, containing the same information about 68 different wineries in Amador and El Dorado County. […]
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 […]
The tick of the calendar from one year into the next is always a time for looking back and looking forward with a bit more self awareness and anticipation than we usually experience. I’ve already looked back. Now is the time to look forward. You can expect posts: related to my book relaying my tasting […]
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 […]
It is that time of the year. I want to wish you all a very happy holiday season. This year we’ll be popping open some Gold Hill Champagne, and probably a 2006 Bordeaux that was given to us a few months ago. I’ll be largely off the internet until sometime next week. I hope that […]
Jon Bonne, wine writer for the San Francisco Chronicle recently wrote a piece about sweet wines. Go read it. I’ll wait. Done? Good. I tend to agree with him. Sweet wines aren’t just for dessert. They pair nicely with many foods, not just cake, particularly the rich “feasting” type foods that come out during the […]
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 […]
