Wine Tonite!

The recent ruling in favor of Gallo’s proposal to expand the Russian River Valley AVA further south to Cotati and specifically include all of their Two Rock Vineyard just off Hwy 101 has raised more than a few eyebrows.  Wine Industry Insight has been on this story for several years and raised more than a [...]

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 [...]

Perhaps I should change the name of this blog to something that has the words Pinot Noir in it.  I can’t get enough of the stuff!  Don’t let the rainy forecast deter you from immersing yourself in the elegant juice that is Russian River Valley Pinot Noir by attending Pinot on the River 2010.  When [...]

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 [...]

The idea for the #PinotNoir Twitter smackdown was hatched over wine and wings in my basement with Joe (@SuburbanWino)  and was later fleshed out further over crawfish and shrimp at the Crawfish Shack on Buford highway.  There’s just something about filling our gullets with food that really gets the creative juices flowing.  Throughout the entire process [...]