by Jo Diaz | Mar 25, 2015 | Alexander Valley, News, Obituary, Sonoma County, Wine, Winery
Matriarch Evelyn Trentadue of Trentadue Winery passed away, on Saturday, March 21, 2015. When asked if I’d help the family to distribute the news, my thoughts ran back to the days when I worked closely with the winery, and what a sweet person Evelyn was. She was...
by Jo Diaz | Feb 4, 2015 | Social media, Social Networking in Wine, Wine, Winemaking
Facebook is the land of questions, including winemaking; especially for some of us in the wine business. If I get a winemaking question on this blog and I don’t have an answer, I turn to my winemaking friends. Last week, on my blog about “Sur Lie aging...
by Jo Diaz | Jan 8, 2014 | Obituary, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Wine, Wine Business, Winery, Zinfandel
On Sunday, January 5, 2014, at the age of 88 years old, Sonoma County vintner and World War II Veteran Leo Trentadue passed away.
by Jo Diaz | Nov 18, 2013 | Petite Sirah, Port, PS I Love You, Wine, Wine Making
The Sweet Spot of Petite ~ Petite Sirah Port… Dark, Delicious, and Decadent… In late 1979, the first Petite Sirah Port was produced in Napa Valley. The increase of producing a Petite Port is on the rise, as evidenced by the members of PS I Love You, when...
by Jo Diaz | Nov 5, 2013 | Education, Event, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Wine, Winemaker
chnnblnc-ps.jpg Welcome to the first Chenin Blanc Petite Sirah Conference at Clarksburg, November 14 –15. I’m delighted to say that I didn’t have to create this one. This tells me that Petite Sirah is beginning to stand on its own two legs… Yeah! the...
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