Wine Tonite!

There is much more to do in the small, rural locations in northern Sonoma than you might think.  One activity that you must experience at least once is a Mateo Granados traveling dinner.  Mateo and his crew setup operations at various locations throughout the month, with most being wineries.  He creates authentic cuisine from the [...]

Whoa!  Man, has time flown by this Autumn so far.  In my desperate focus to find a permanent job once harvest at Holdredge was complete, I have severely neglected my blog once teeming with excitement and discussion.  Well, at least I was successful in finding that job and I am happy to announce that I [...]

Our little global #PinotNoir Twitter tasting (300+ unique twitterers, 2070+ tweets in 2-hours) makes the news in the Oregon Wine Press.  Check it out by clicking the image:

About 60 miles north of Healdsburg and along some seriously winding roads that might cause motion-sickness for some lies the Anderson Valley.  This American Viticultural Area (AVA) is well-known for producing some fantastic Pinot Noir, so it didn’t take much for my tour guide for the day, Deb Kravitz (@whatdebpours), to convince me we should [...]

The South is at risk of losing it’s title of having the friendliest hospitality in the land.  Once I arrived safely in Santa Rosa after my 5-day trek across this great land of ours, I had expected to take a few days to relax, get settled and work on a few things.  Well that thought [...]