Into the Earth ~ A Wine Cave Renaissance, Daniel D’Agostini with Molly Chappellet
Daily drawing during December ~ Just comment and you’re entered to win: Into the Earth ~ A Wine Cave Renaissance, by Daniel D’Agostini with Molly Chappellet is this holiday season’s most gorgeous of all coffee table books, devoted to the wine business, that you could possibly give a loved one. Any books that publisher Panache [...]
Pinot on the River ~ Gorgeous Day ~ Beautiful Wines Part 2
My question is… How can two hours of tasting turn into eight hours of writing and formatting? I guess Pinot on the River was all that… and more. Cloud’s Rest… Only 400 to 500 cases a year are produced of this wine… An entire winery’s production is dedicated to Pinot Noir. They have 10,000 vines, [...]
Hall & Oates at Rodney Strong Vineyards ~ A Labor Day of Wine & Music
This coming Labor Day at Rodney Strong Vineyards is the close-out of another summer season, while going out in rock n’roll, bluesy style, with Daryl Hall and John Oates as the pied pipers, presented by KJZY and Good Neighbor Pharmacy. Doors open at 4:00 p.m., and the show will start soon thereafter. Parking is going [...]
The Silver Lining at Viader is Delia, a True Woman’s Woman
I once wrote of Delia Viader, Her Heart is in the vineyards; her soul is in the bottle! Nothing has changed along those lines, just the fabric of her story has become more rich and vibrant with additional experiences, since we last met two and a half years ago. Recently, I got the urge to [...]
Spike’s First Wine Tasting Was Enjoyed in Napa Valley Style
Okay, let’s just say flat out that Spike – although he went wine tasting – didn’t have one drop of wine. Spike’s my daughter Lyla’s terrier/Chihuahua mix, whom she adopted after he had been hit by a car, put back together again like Humpty Dumpty, and then lived with his foster mom Dawn Justice, while [...]
