We spent a couple of weeks on an Oregon wineries road trip at the end of July. The first week we were on the coast. We spent the second week in the heart of the Willamette Valley. By my count we...
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...
IPNC is the International Pinot Noir Celebration held in McMinnville, Oregon (distant suburb of Portland) near the end of July. We just attended the 25th one, but only the Sunday (July 31)...
A wine event with Paso Robles wines plus snacks for carnivores was too weird to pass up. The American Lamb Association hosted this “Fans of Lamb” event at the scenic Golden Gate Club in the Presidio...
Despite an estimated 1,000 attendees and 220 pinot noir wineries at the June 18 event, the space at Ft. Mason center was large enough that we didn’t feel cramped or rushed during our tasting. ...
San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA wine exhibit) is showing “How Wine Became Modern: Design + Wine 1976 to Now” through April 17. It happens we are members of this museum...
Over the past few years we’ve attended quite a few wine events. On some occasions these have included hors d’oeuvres or even dinner. It looks to us like the trend is to pour as much...
A summer heat wave means it’s time to go on a riesling tasting to help offset the thermometer. We tasted about half a dozen, but Query’s 2009 Central Coast riesling was particularly...
OK, I was a little bit wrong last month when I berated the Wall Street Journal for touting high alcohol wine. Norma and I were two of the lucky 50 people who attended the Hartford Family...
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...
“Little Penguin” pinot noir from South Australia has to be the official wine of Linux. This Linux wine is not bad. Aromas of black cherries followed by delicious cherry pie flavors. A...
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...
To get ready for Pinot on the River 2011 we reviewed our notes and photos from Pinot on the River 2009. That year, Pinot Report chief Greg Walter put together a three-day symposium before POTR. We...
… or why you should join wine clubs. On August 29 we were blessed to be able to attend a club member appreciation dinner at Lynmar Estate Winery (just outside Santa Rosa). Our hosts, winery...
We headed down to Paso Robles for the Jack Creek Winery club party, but made it an extended trip. We first visited the northern San Luis Obispo (SLO) county area in the late 80s, then not returning...