Wine Tonite!

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 [...]

Join the Twitter Tasting with Halleck Vineyards! Open any bottle of your Halleck Vineyard Pinot Noir on July 15 th at 5 – 7 pm PST.   Taste.  Tweet with others all over the US. Ross and Jennifer Halleck are hosting a Halleck Vineyard Pinot Noir tasting at:           Aubergine Café and Bar         [...]

With less than 10 days left until the hammer drops on what promises to be the most entertaining Twitter wine tasting extravaganza with regional bragging rights at stake, do you know where your Pinot Noir is?  If you are in the Atlanta metro I sure hope you were able to RSVP to our local venue, [...]

Moving on to Part 3 of our recent Sonoma trip, we head further south in the Russian River Valley to the town of Sebastopol, where Ross and business partner, Jennifer, Halleck had our party of 6 over to the their house and estate vineyard for a visit.  This is very unique but nothing new for this very [...]

[Disclosure: Artesa picked up the tab for dinner and, of course, brought the wine] Artesa has been around since 1991 when it was established as Cordoniu Napa before transforming into its current identity in 1997.  Starting in 2009 and now going into 2010, it is clear Artesa is making some changes once again.  One obvious [...]