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 […]
And so another El Dorado Passport slips into history. This one was a good one. With 32 participating wineries, it was one of the larger Passports in recent memory. There were a hand full of wineries that were participating for the first time, along with some old regulars. Passport is the premier wine tasting event […]
The fine folks over at thekitchn.com have posted a great little wine tasting experiment we can do to help us understand wine and food pairing basics. These are BASICS, but for many of us, just mastering these will vastly improve our ability to pair wines with food. So grab a white, a red, a lemon, […]
It is that time of year again: Passport 2014 is right around the corner! This year’s Passport will be on the weekends of April 5 & 6 and April 12 & 13. With over 30 participating wineries, this year promises to be one of the best Passport events yet. If you aren’t familiar, the El […]
While it is true that I am a lover of Gold Country wines, and that I enjoy exploring the wines of lesser known California wine regions, that doesn’t mean that I don’t go to Napa on occasion. Last weekend, we joined two friends for a jaunt to Napa. We met at Pizzeria Tra Vigna for […]
I am pleased to announce the publication of the Opinionated Wine Guide’s Wine Journal. The journal features blank tasting notes forms which I developed over the past few years for my own use. I am a proponent of keeping tasting notes. Over the years I have used blank books, and various wine journals. But nothing […]
1. (Not so wine-y, nor so good) Although I have disabled all commenting on this site, I am still being barraged with attempted SPAM comments to the tune of 100+ per day. Commenting will remain turned off until I can figure out how to stop this. 2. Stage Left Cellars is open for tasting this […]
Yes, it has been a while since I posted much here, which I feel bad about. But no regrets. I’ve been working feverishly on completing my second book, Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine Tasting. The book will be released at the end of this month. It has been a sprint here at the […]
