Come for the Wine

My Friday excursion tag for #WBC16 in Lodi read “The Wine Abides” -- and as I waited with my group to board the bus to our undisclosed lo...

#10 The Fruit is Really Big The fruit in Penticton is really big – and big fruit means good grapes.  Peaches, Cherries, Apricots, A...

{*The Five Stages of Wine Blogging are based on The Kübler-Ross model, commonly known as The Five Stages of Grief.} Denial — ...

Russian River Valley Vineyards My Backyard Wine Road Wine tourism is about more than wine, it's the food, the lodging and the...

As the year draws to a close it’s only natural to look back and reflect on what went down in 2010. I’ve had this wine blog for almost two ye...

1. The Amateur Professional Has an actual paying job in an industry other than wine but is a knowledgeable, studious and zealous blogger. 2....

This past Sunday Christopher Watkins, the Tasting Room Manager for Ridge Monte Bello, held a vertical tasting of Zinfandels from the Ridge L...

NOTE: I cut this section below from my post on the Wines of Burgundy because it did not seem relevant to the story. But then this morning I...