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!...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
If you have a sweet tooth like I do, then Halloween is your favorite holiday. All those little sized candies make me smile as much...
White wines can be enchanting and this week I was enchanted with the aromatic beauty and mouthfeel of the Weingut Stroblhof 2015 Pinot Bianco, Alto...