A Wine for Waking Up | Jan 19th, 2015
A Wine for Waking Up
When you have two jobs, two pets, work 7 days a week, and have a house to take care of, mediocre wines simply disintegrate into the endless hours, days, laundry piles, and to-do lists. These are times that call for better wines! This week, I was jolted back to reality  awake by  Viña Zaco 2012 Rioja. The...
Posted by on Jan 19th, 2015 in Adventures in California, Bottles, Featured | 0 comments

A Wine for Waking Up

A Wine for Waking Up
When you have two jobs, two pets, work 7 days a week, and have a house to take care of, mediocre wines simply disintegrate into the endless hours, days, laundry piles, and to-do lists. These are times that...
Posted by on Dec 9th, 2014 in Adventures in California, Featured, Tricks of the Trade | 0 comments

How to Grow a Grapevine

How to Grow a Grapevine
If the Etruscans can do it, so can you. That’s my personal mantra when it comes to tackling bizarre, yet possible, tasks like growing wine grapes in the Sierra Foothills or waking up before the sun. When...
Posted by on Dec 1st, 2014 in Adventures in California, Bottles, Featured, Tricks of the Trade | 0 comments

Cabernet Sauvignon Outside the Steak...

Cabernet Sauvignon Outside the Steakhouse
Cabernet Sauvignon sometimes gets the short end of the stick. Not when it comes to press, where it’s often heralded as the King of Red Wines thanks to examples from Napa and Bordeaux, but certainly when...
Posted by on Nov 18th, 2014 in Adventures in California, Bottles, Featured | 0 comments

What’s in My Glass? Sangiovese...

What’s in My Glass? Sangiovese.
I recently took part in  a food-pairing themed tasting at Vino Noceto, a small winery in my new home of Amador County, California. The team here paried six of their winves with delicious bites from a local...
Posted by on Nov 13th, 2014 in Adventures in California, Featured, Tricks of the Trade | 1 comment

Slow Days in the Cellar

“Wine Cellar” is a word loaded with connotation. Instantly, images of dank, moldy cellars hiding centuries old bottles leap to mind. In the next second, they’re contrasted by the swanky,...
Posted by on Nov 3rd, 2014 in Featured, Tricks of the Trade | 0 comments

Dare to Pair: Pringles

Dare to Pair: Pringles
Once you Pop, the Fun Don’t Stop.” Or so Kelloggs said on millions of Pringles commercials over the past decade. I’m here to tell you, the fun either doesn’t stop, or it stops...

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