About Wine Caves This cave was built long ago at the Stags’ Leap Winery in the Napa Valley. Most likely the cave was built by Chinese laborers and they were paid very little for their hard work. The purpose of the wine cave is to store the wine under ideal aging conditions. The wine juice … Read more
Mumm Napa starts the 2014 harvest in the Napa Valley Just about two weeks ahead of a normal harvest, the 2014 harvest in the Napa Valley began today at the Game Farm Vineyard, just off the Silverado Trail, between Yountville and Oakville. The grape harvesters began working in earnest as daylight emerged over the vines. … Read more
Vineyard Workers in action These vineyard workers are indispensable throughout the growing season. In this photo, these workers are thinning the leaves among the Pinot Noir vines at the Benovia Winery in the Russian River Valley. By all accounts these vineyard workers will soon be harvesting grapes. Before harvest approaches, pruning is required several times, … Read more
About Abacela Winery Abacela winery is one of Oregon’s most famous wineries, even though they don’t make a single Pinot Noir wine. It is also one of Oregon’s most visited wineries for these reasons. Gorgeous tasting room, beautiful hillside vineyards, instructional stations among the vines, peaceful picnic area, sustainable farming, and most importantly delicious wines. … Read more
About Ancient Peaks Tasting Room The Ancient Peaks tasting room is located in the small town of Santa Margarita at the southern end of the Paso Robles AVA. Ancient Peaks is owned by three families and produces some wonderful wines at very reasonable prices. The Ancient Peaks Zinfandel and Sauvignon Blanc are produced in high … Read more
About Garré Vineyards & Winery At Friday night’s “Taste our Terroir” at Casa Real in Livermore, we were able to taste many of Livermore’s best wines paired with appetizers from local restaurants. The wines we tasted were all delicious and the food excellent. Among the 700 people attending the event, my cousin Mona was pouring … Read more
About Livermore Valley’s Taste Our Terroir Taste Our Terroir is Livermore Valley wine country’s signature event, this year taking place from July 24 to July 27. The event began on Thursday evening with a festive food and wine pairing extravaganza at Casa Real, the event center at Ruby Hill Winery. Eighteen Livermore wineries each partnered with a Bay … Read more
Wine club perks when you join a wine club Wineries will think of all types of wine club perks (gimmicks) to get wine country travelers to join their wine clubs. It is just about the best way for a winery to sell their wine and get a good return on profit. There is no distributor, … Read more
About Daou Vineyards in Paso Robles This is one of the latest wineries in Paso Robles (2007) and perhaps the winery with the most breathtaking views. Imagine yourself sitting on these chairs with a glass of wine pondering life. This is about as gorgeous as it gets in any wine country. The winery is situated … Read more
We stopped at the Oxbow Market for lunch on the way home from a busy two days in the Napa Valley. It was a Friday and the Oxbow was jammed with folks shopping and enjoying lunch. We remember the days when the Oxbow first opened at the end of 2007. The place had more workers … Read more