by Jo Diaz | Oct 7, 2020 | Napa, Vineyards, Vintner, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Country, Wine HIstory, Wine Marketing, Wine Sales, Wine tasting, Wine Travel, Winery
In the event you’ve not heard about this grassroots effort, here it is again, as we wonder so much about Napa Valley these days… SAVE THE FAMILY FARMS “Save the Family Farms” is a group of owner-occupied grape growers, who make wine in Napa...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 21, 2019 | France, Marketing, Provence, Rosé, Vintner, Wine
STORY ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE LABEL I work in one of the most balanced industries in the world, and one of the most ancient: wine. The more I know, the more I know I don’t know. (That’s a balance, right?) This wine business began with balance ~ The balance...
by Jo Diaz | Feb 14, 2018 | Education, Event, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Vintner, Wine, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine tasting, Winery, Wne and Food
How appropriate that I get to write about PS I Love You and Petite Sirah on Valentine’s day. Years ago, when I was loving the architecture of Carl Doumani’s Quixote Winery, in a meeting we had set up for an interview, we had finished chatting and he gifted...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 4, 2017 | Green Valley, Photographers, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, Tour, Travel, Vineyards, Vintner, Wine, Winemaker, Winery, Zinfandel
Travel with me on the Graton Road, in Green Valley of Russian River Valley. We’re heading toward the Forest Primeval. And, we’re feeling pretty much the way Yegor Chernykh must have felt, in 1836. Who was Yegor, you ask? An excellent question… Yegor...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 25, 2016 | Books, Dry Creek Valley, Vintner, Wine
I recently wrote about Dan Gustafson of Gustafson Family Vineyards and Winery, in a fun, astrological way… This Full Moon in Capricorn Celebrates Prominence – Dan Gustafson is in the House. I wrote: The Capricorn personality is geared towards that of leadership...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 9, 2014 | Field Blend, Vineyards, Vintner, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Making, Winemaker, Winery
A question that I can’t help but ask, “If you grew 60 different grape varieties, what would you do with them?” The reason for asking this is that I just met with Bill and Betty Nachbaur of Acorn Winery, for a second time. I say second time, because I...
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