by Jo Diaz | Mar 2, 2015 | Alameda, Dark & Delicious Petite Sirah®, Dark & Delicious™, Education, Environment, Event, Food & Wine, P.S.A., Public Service Announcement, Wine
I was told, by one of our food partners, at Dark & Delicious Petite Sirah, The Alameda County Environmental Health Department is the most stringent, for compliance regulations being met in the entire US, as an example of letter-of-the-law compliant. That’s...
by Jo Diaz | Aug 27, 2014 | P.S.A., Public Service Announcement, Wine, Wine Magazine
This is a public service announcement (PSA) from the Napa Valley office of Wine Spectator… You know how you ask, “What can I do to help?” Yeah… it’s one of those moments. NAPA VALLEY EARTHQUAKE 2014 I just received this Email and know its...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 7, 2014 | Education, Event, Law, P.S.A., Sonoma County, Wine
There’s going to be an informative, hands-on workshop in both Spanish and English on Immigration law at the Sonoma County Wine Library. I’ve asked wine grape growers what it’s like, now that we have stricter immigration laws, and none of them are...
by Jo Diaz | May 23, 2014 | Chardonnay, Event, History, I'll Drink to That, P.S.A., Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, Wine, Wine Country, Wine HIstory, Winemaker, Winemaking, Winery
The year 2014 is a year of celebrating landmarks in the Russian River Valley, at the venerated Bacigalupi Vineyards. Three generations, including a vibrant Helen Bacigalupi, are in concert, bringing more vigor to the new family-label wines.
by Jo Diaz | Jul 13, 2012 | P.S.A., Wine, Wine Country
Years ago, when I was only 12, I got my first bicycle. It was a Christmas day. I had spent the entire month of December praying really HARD for snow, but it never came. (Unanswered prays, and it was Christmas! That was a good lesson for a growing up Catholic kid.) My...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 5, 2012 | Education, Event, Marketing, P.S.A., Petite Sirah, Variety, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Making
Welcome to Jose’s event planner’s nightmare… DIGRESSION: A Bachelorette party was just held in a ballroom that we’ve had reserved for the Petite Sirah Symposium. It’s now first thing in the morning, and we’ve arrived to set up. The...
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