Tag Archives : Amador County


Eggs Aren’t Just For Easter

The folks at Wine Country Getaways recently published this look at Andis’s concrete eggs as wine making vessels. I wrote about this same subject back in 2011. The Wine Country Getaways post has a nice photograph of Andis’s concrete egg. The concrete vessel provides an ideal wine aging environment. Because of the thermal mass of […]

Checking Quality of Wine

Cooler or Ice Chest

5 Essentials For Summer Wine Tasting

This post was originally posted on June 22, 2012. Last weekend’s jaunt up to El Dorado for the Pleasant Valley Wine Makers’ Rocks & Rhone event reminded me that Summer tasting has some specific requirements! It is almost officially Summer and I’m sure your mind is wandering in the neighborhood of “where can we go […]


Book Signing & Tasting Fees

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 […]

Stage Left Cellars, in Oakland.  Their friendly tasting room.