by Jo Diaz | Jul 6, 2012 | Napa, Variety, Wine Business, Zinfandel
According to Dave Pramuk, Robert Biale’s co-founder and marketing strategist, “Robert Biale Vineyards is delighted with this project – the most significant planting of Zinfandel in Napa Valley in our modern era. In the pioneering days of California viticulture,...
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...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 25, 2012 | Cabernet Sauvignon, Variety, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Blogger, Winery
With Concannon Vineyard on one side of Tesla Road, and Wente Vineyards on the other, these two Livermore wineries offered the wine industry their clones for widespread plantings: Wente’s Chardonnay Clone Concannon’s most popular Clone 07-08, the much planted Cabernet...
by Jo Diaz | May 9, 2012 | Education, Event, Oregon, Pinot Gris, Variety, Viticulture, Wine Business, Winery
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 8:30 a.m. The best and brightest talent in Oregon is once again gathering to discuss the potential of Oregon’s Pinot Gris, putting Oregon on the map as “the Pinot state” (both Gris and Noir), at Oak Knoll Winery. My friend and president of Oak...
by Jo Diaz | Jan 24, 2012 | Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Variety, Wine, Wine Making, Wine Writer, Winemaker, Winery
Through my 10 year relationship with this heritage variety and PS I Love You, I’ve come to believe that Petite Sirah is a winemaker’s wine; otherwise, why would the 8o0+ winemakers who craft it even bother with it? Why wouldn’t they just be using it...
by Jo Diaz | Jan 3, 2012 | Entertainment, Event, Food & Wine, Jo's World, Petite Sirah, Variety, Wine, Wine tasting, Winery
Organizing this wine and food event reminds me of the days when I was the Androscoggin Girl Scout Day Camp director. I chose to be a stay-at-home mother, after I put two columns on a piece of paper. One column was income, the other was expenses I’d have as a...
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