I had no idea there was an International Grenache Day until one of my favorite producers in Napa sent me a promo email for their Grenache Blanc. So, I had to do a 2-second Google search on it to find out if it was just another Hallmark Holiday. Here’s what I found (from a source […]
Sonoma’s newest tasting room and a fairly young producer, I had a chance-tasting while walking by their tasting room in Vine Alley off the Sonoma Square. I stopped to say hello to Sonoma Mayor Logan Harvey when he told me he was about to do their ribbon cutting for the tasting room. Sosie had been […]
Let’s see… I’ve probably tasted at Pangloss (or just stopped in for a glass of wine) 75 times. Since I live close to this tasting room, it’s a blessing and curse! Their wines are my favorite everyday drinking wines. This time I did a lovely sit-down tasting with my mom. 2020 Rose: 60% Grenache, 25% […]
I encourage wine lovers to stock up on 2019 and younger vintages as soon as possible. Unfortunately, many wineries are facing the fact that the early fires we had in August from lightening strikes were devastating. The smoke from those fires happened at a time in the growing season that caused too much smoke taint […]
For a professional wine-o, it has been brutal not to go tasting! Of course, the world is facing this crazy pandemic and people have lost lives and jobs and the ability to see friends and relatives and that is really brutal. Wine tasting is obviously not a critical life function, but as I sit at […]