A story in the New York Post had this screaming headline:[1] The story was based on a statement from (deep breath) Director General Pau Roca of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)...
[pullquote]Santa Barbara County went to big too quick.[/pullquote] There is, indeed, bad news for the Santa Rita Hills. Santa Barbara County has implemented a set of regulations for marijuana growers...
We have been negligent in our review of the Anderson Valley Pinot Noir festival. Despite being semi-retired, there are consulting contracts and many other distractions. But one winery we did like...
[pullquote]We need to join their wine club right now. In a few years that will be the only way to get their wine.[/pullquote] If memory serves, we first visited Jack Creek Cellars in 2006. After...
A few weeks ago, Norma brought home a couple of bottles of Famille Perrin Côtes du Rhône Village Rouge 2012. She bought them at our local Costco (Mountain View, CA). We opened one and, frankly, the...
[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...
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...
Our friends at Artisan Wine Depot (Mountain View, CA, see map below) invited us over for a “French Burgundy vs. Oregon Pinot Noir tasting.” The French burgundies were, well, French. ...
Buellton Wineries? Want to taste wine at a state of the art sports bar and mega winery? Scores of small Santa Barbara pinot noir winemakers rely on Terravant for custom crush of their personal...
A few minutes ago I discovered a new French innovation for using surplus wine: feed it to cows. Not kidding. ABC News reports that French winemaker Jean-Charles Tastavy [sic] is feeding his cows...
A few years back, we visited the newly-opened Roshambo Winery. Today Roshambo is a case study in failure. But back in 2005, it was something to see. The winery was on the east side of Westside Road...
We have visited a couple hundred wineries over the years. Although there are always trees around the often sumptous architecture housing the tasting room, on a sunny day the parking lots are...
From 1998 to 2009, Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher wrote “Tastings” as the Wall Street Journal wine column. The column was very personal with Gaiter and Brecher making it clear what they liked and...
By Tony Lima and Norma Schroder What can your winery do to survive the Great Recession? Bundling, a relatively obscure topic in economics, provides considerable insight. In this article I’ll...