While Thanksgiving this year was not like other years, one traditional event is the Black Friday sales. And, another annual tradition is Small Business Saturday! As a small business owner...
Carmenere? Definitely - this is no mistake! Our latest exciting episode pays homage to National Carmenere Day, one that we should all celebrate...
For many years, the Carmenère grape was thought to be Merlot. But in 1994 in Chile, ampellographer Jean Michel Boursiquot noticed the shape of the leaves and curl of the...
More than one winemaker has shared with me a piece of advice they were told when starting their wineries. "Making wine is easy, selling wine is not" is what I...
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A package arrived this week. When I opened it, I found fresh Dungeness crab, a stick of local Sonoma organic butter and two bottles of Raeburn wine. Also included was...
Oh, beautiful Beaujolais! This intriguing region cultivates only Gamay (the vast majority of plantings) and Chardonnay grapes within 12 areas: 10 very special Crus plus Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages. In...
In the 1860s, Zinfandel was California’s most widely planted grape. It's popularity led it to be called "California's grape". And on this #winewednesday, the third Wednesday of November, we celebrate...
On a recent virtual tasting, I met four people who are continuing their family traditions by working in the family winery. But what stood out was that all four people...
Hard seltzer is all the rage. It is a category of beverage that has grown exponentially, with 10 brands at the beginning of 2018 to 26 brands in early 2019...
It's time to talk Tempranillo, Spain's #1 red grape and the 4th most planted grape in the world! Allison, Christine and Cindy chose three delicious examples of this fascinating wine...
Nothing beats a delicious Chardonnay and that is why the Far Niente 2018 Estate Bottled Napa Valley Chardonnay is the Please The Palate wine of the week. Located in Oakville in...
We typically are told to aged our red wines but a well-made Chardonnay can also be aged. I enjoyed the beauty of aged Chardonnay through a vertical tasting of Landmark...
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