On May 12 we traveled north to the town of Sonoma for the first Garagiste event north of Paso Robles: Garagiste Northern Exposure. And we were not disappointed. We found eight new wineries, each...
Cabana is the first of two central valley wineries we visited at Family Winemakers 2017. (Dancing Coyote is the second.) Located in East Sacramento, the official name is Cabana Winery and Bistro...
This is our overview article about the Family Winemakers Tasting 2017 event. We’ve attended and reviewed these event organizers a few times in the past (most notably in Pomona). On August 20 we...
Update November 16: This article evolved into a four-part series. Here are the links to parts 1, 3, and 4: Part 1: Part 3: Part 4: Update: I just noticed this audio clip from the tasting event. The...
Update November 16: This article evolved into a four-part series. Here are the links to parts 2, 3, and 4: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: The third weekend in May we headed north for our first visit to the...
Ah, retirement. What retirement? We’ve been busy with a time-consuming consulting project. Which is now over. Which means we’ll try to catch up on our writing. Starting right now...
OK, we apologize to John Sturges. James and Christine were kind enough to invite us to this event. They know us too well. We could not resist a semi-blind tasting of ten pinots. While we did badly on...
A few summers ago we were invited to a tasting of Virgina wines at Siduri. We were very impressed by several, including Ankida Ridge. (You can read our full review of this event by clicking here.) ...
[pullquote]For the rest of your wine-crafting days, if you could only make wine from one red grape variety what would it be? Pinot Noir, of course. ;)[/pullquote] Well, not Gary himself. The winery...
Garagiste Southern Exposure, Solvang, February, 2016 from Norma Schroder on Vimeo. On February 11 we headed south. Our objective was the Southern Exposure edition of the California Garagistes on...
OK, OK, don’t give us a hard time. We know Farallon’s annual Pinotfest was last November. We have to make a living to support our wine habit … er, hobby. This year there were four noteworthy wineries...
We’ve been looking forward to the Solvang Garagiste Festival for quite a few months. The party will be in Solvang, about 40 miles north of Santa Barbara on the west edge of the Santa Ynez...
Is California running out of pinot noir grapes? That’s the question that came to mind after finally getting around to reviewing the November 7, 2015 Paso Robles Garagiste Festival. We found two new...
November 7 was the big day. And what a day it was. We’ll have an article up sometime fairly soon. Until then, Norma offers this video to whet your appetite. Enjoy our video preview of Paso...
James and Christine invited us to Artisan Wine Depot for their second annual Rhône vs. Tablas Creek competition. We accepted eagerly. The justifiable famous Perrin et Fils represented the Rhône. The...