We are both Stanford alumni. One of the perks of living in the greater Silicon Valley area is the opportunity to attend occasional events sponsored by the Stanford Alumni Association. On another blog...
Monday, August 3, 2015 our friends at Artisan Wine Depot invited us to a tasting of wines from Hamilton Russell Vineyards in South Africa. And, as a bonus, Anthony Hamilton Russell was pouring. We...
Today’s New York Times features an article titled “Learning to Engineer a Better Brisket“ in the Business section no less (BU-3, west coast edition). In the article, the author, Ms...
We occasionally buy some wine at Trader Joe’s. But we recently discovered two that are amazing bargains. Each is $7.99 per bottle. You will not find better deals on wine anywhere. This is the...
In our previous article we raved about Picayune Cellars and Flying Goat Cellars. But we tasted pinot noirs from eleven — count them — eleven wineries making pretty good pinots...
If you look closely you’ll see that this is a truck from a winery in Pennsylvania!
After exhausting the pinots we made another circuit to taste other reds. We were delighted to discover that many wineries have followed the lead of Roger Nicolas, producing eclectic blends that would...
[Updated September 22, 2o14 with additional information from a friend who lives in Pennsylvania.] We interrupt our regular reviewing with a public service announcement. First, you need to know that...
A few weeks ago we reviewed the two best newcomers: Reuling Vineyards and Ernest Vineyards. Today we want to review seven excellent wines. This is Pinotfest 2014: the best of the rest. In roughly the...
Our earlier review focused on the best two pinot noirs we found at Garagiste: Vinemark Cellars 2012 Paso Robles pinot noir ($29) and Vino Vargas 2012 Rio Ruso Russian River Valley pinot noir ($45)...
We were fortunate to be invited to the Pinotfest trade tasting November 21. We visited quite a few newcomers, some old favorites, and a few that we’d tried before but wanted to revisit. This is...
We spent the first hour plus at the Saturday Garagiste grand tasting doing a tour of pinot noirs. And we found two to watch: Vinemark Cellars and Vino Vargas. We’ll review each in detail as...
We traveled south for the Paso Roble Garagiste Festival 2014. Full reviews will be forthcoming in the next few months. But for today we’re posting an Excel workbook with the names of the...
It’s been a while since our last article about the August 17 Family Winemakers Tasting in San Mateo. But there are more good wineries to be reviewed. Our excuse for the delay is that there are...
[Updated January 14, 2015. Our original article alleged that Brooke Gadke owned Maggy Hawk. In fact, the owner is Barbara Banke. Ms. Gadke is the estate manager. Our apologies for this error...