Overview Music, mood and mirth with plenty of wine at Siduri’s warehouse winery again! This year CaliforniaWineFan.com staff imbibed a Lemoravo single-vineyard pinot noir that was new to us...
Belden Barns is hosting a series of virtual wine tastings starting at the end of March. Here’s the idea. You order wine from them. Then you participate in the virtual tasting via Zoom. But...
On December 14, 2019 we made the trek to Santa Rosa for the annual Siduri holiday dinner. Great food, friendly crowd, terrific wine and – bonus – an excellent duo creating music. We’ll get...
Artisan Wine Depot is currently featuring two WALT pinot noirs at bargain prices. We’ve written about WALT several times before. When we read about this we rushed over to pick up a couple of bottles...
On November 16, 2019, we received an e-mail with news that marks the end of an era at Siduri. Adam Lee is stepping down as winemaker. The 2019 vintage will be his last. I’ve included a pdf...
Last night we cracked open two bottles of pinot noir, both 2016 vintage. One was the Belden Barns Serendipity block. The second was Jack Creek Cellars Estate Reserve. The former is in the Sonoma...
Via the American Association of Wine Economists, the new European Union planting rights are available. As you may have guessed, winegrapes are being planted. This is yet another illustration of EU...
I just heard that Kent Rosenblum passed away on September 5, 2018. Mr. Rosenblum, founder of the eponymous Rosenblum Cellars, became famous for zinfandels, sourcing grapes from all over Northern...
[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...
First it was Florida man. Next camp Florida woman. But the latest is Florida gator. This big boy seems to have a taste for red wine. See the PDF for details. [pdf-embedder url=”;...
When she was still writing for Bloomberg, Megan McArdle did a winetasting of two wine clubs: National Review and The Nation. The former is conservative, the latter is very liberal. Hence, political...
We discovered En Route pinot noir at Pinotfest 2015. And we were very impressed. On Norma’s recent birthday we took a chance on The Post, a new local restaurant (full review forthcoming, stay...