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Don’t be the Bishop of Norwich and Remember to Pass the Port on #PortDay
Growing up there was always Port in the house. My father was in the Navy for 23 years where he learned about Port from centuries of naval history and tradition, which began with the 18th century British naval forces. Thanks to the Methuen Treaty of 1703, merchants were immediately allowed to import wines from Portugal [...]
Inaugural Wine Tourism Conference 2011
As originally posted on the Wine Bloggers Conference blog: The inaugural Wine Tourism Conference was held November 16-17 at the newly revived Napa Marriott hot on the heels of yet another inaugural Napa event, the Napa Valley Film Festival. This is the first conference focused on increasing and enhancing tourism to wine regions around the [...]
Napa Survives a Mutiny and Tankapalooza Invades the Opera House
Stepping into a piece of history is always a pretty cool feeling. The Napa Valley Opera House was built in 1880 and has served as the epicenter of the community for much of those 130 years, not to mention playing host to many talented artists. You can learn more about this awesome venue just off [...]
Holdredge Releases 2010 Vintage Pinot Noirs from Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast
One year ago I packed up the car without a job and moved to wine country from Atlanta for a short stint as a harvest intern for Holdredge Wines based in Healdsburg, CA. As I have chronicled here on the blog and elsewhere on the internets my short time working with John Holdredge and the [...]
Sonoma Coast Pinot is First Project for 2011 Vintage
The alignment of cool weather leading to later-than-average harvest timeframes and me getting back on my feet again after 8 weeks in a cast, has allowed me to kick off my own small lot wine-making projects that I thought were going to be delayed a year. I’m giddy with excitement. Thanks to some connections in [...]
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