by Jo Diaz | Aug 30, 2021 | California, Carignan, Food & Wine, Grenache, Petite Sirah, Red Wine, Rosé, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley, Wine
Big picture, for some big wines; not over the top wines, just big in flavor, style, and design. MATHIS WINES Wines submitted for review Sonoma Valley Grenache 2017, Mathis Vineyard – field blend ($32.00) Sonoma Valley Überblend 2017, Mathis Vineyard – Petite...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 30, 2020 | Napa, News, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley, Wine, Wine Country
We’re all suffering in Napa and Sonoma valleys… There are a myriad of reasons; from absorbing toxic ash from “some other place” this time, to having been evacuated and praying for about a week to learn if your home is still standing, to getting...
by Jo Diaz | Oct 21, 2017 | Napa, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley, Wine, Wine Country
What the 12-day, California wine country experience many of us just had: some were longer with more devastation, some were shorter, with minor problems. Bottom line: ask anyone involved in this perfect, epic fire storm, and they’ll tell you that they’ve...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 10, 2015 | China, Napa, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley, Wine
I love my friends. They send me Emails that they think I should read, which of course will elicit an opinion. My friend Paul Moe in Florida just sent a link to me from Smirky Chimp saying, “They’re all ‘wine barons!’” I wrote back, after reading the...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 26, 2014 | Award, Books, California, Chardonnay, Event, Healdsburg, Movie, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley, Wine
It isn’t often that I turn my blog over to someone else’s writing. This is my “journal,” so if I didn’t experience it, it’s hard to segue into someone else’s news. That said, I do have an introduction, because over the weekend...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 27, 2013 | Education, Food & Wine, Sonoma, Sonoma Valley, Wine
Here’s a wine and cheese primer for your food and wine events. After an entertaining and informative class at Charles Creek Vineyard with Bill and Gerry Brinton, and Laura Matrinez of The Artisan Palate, those of us who attended have a much better understanding...
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