Tag: Sonoma

I’ll Drink to That: Winemaker Ehren Jordan of Failla Wines
Episode 404 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Ehren Jordan of the Failla Winery located

I’ll Drink to That: Hardy Wallace of Dirty & Rowdy
Episode 396 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Hardy Wallace of the Dirty & Rowdy

West of West Wine Festival: August 3-5, Occidental, CA
Cool climate has become a popular catchphrase in the world of wine, thanks, in part, to global warming trends that

2009 Dry Creek Vineyard “Heritage” Zinfandel, Sonoma County
Driving through California’s wine country, with its carefully manicured vineyards carpeting huge swaths of the countryside, it’s easy to imagine

Dry Creek Vineyard, Healdsburg, CA: Some Current Releases
Driving through California’s wine country, with its carefully manicured vineyards carpeting huge swaths of the countryside, it’s easy to imagine

2010 Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, September 3-5, Healdsburg
Most people, when they come visit me in San Francisco and ask to be taken to wine country, assume that

Vinography Images: The Harvest
The Harvest This image needs little introduction. It captures the tireless work that is still going on in vineyards all

Vinography Images: Heavenly Light
Heavenly Light When I saw this photo I felt like I instantly recognized the location. Not that I knew the

Anaba Wines, Sonoma: Inaugural Releases
One of my greatest pleasures remains the surprise and delight of opening the very first wines made by a new

Vinography Images: Old Vine
Old Vine The whorls and gnarls of old vines are like fingerprints. I never get tired of looking at their

Sonoma Wine Country Weekend: September 4-6, 2009
Most people, when they come visit me in San Francisco and ask to be taken to wine country, assume that

Vinography Images: Taking Wing
Taking Wing I love great photographs of vineyards, which is mostly why I try to bring you a new image

Vinography Images: The Russian River
The Russian River Somewhere deep in the fog of this image, grapes are busy growing. This is the engine that

Vinography Images: The Sunlit Knoll
The Sunlit Knoll We tend to think of Napa and Sonoma as two distinct and separate wine regions, yet there

Vinography Images: Highlights
Highlights Vineyards become the most dramatic at the end of the day, when, like mountain ridges, they can be caught

2007 J. Rochioli “River Block” Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
It took me a long time in my evolution as a wine lover to truly understand the amount of money

Vinography Images: Below the Fog
Below the Fog While I often find myself praying for sun in San Francisco, I don’t ever tire of the

Peay Vineyards, Sonoma Coast: Current Releases
As a wine reviewer who gets paid next to nothing for his work, I have the luxury of only reviewing

Merry Edwards Wines, Russian River Valley: Single Vineyard Pinot Noirs
Meredith “Merry” Edwards drives an SUV with a license plate that matches the title on her business card: Reina de