One of the things I love most about living in the East Bay. It’s a wine-lovers paradise. Napa Valley, Sonoma, the Santa Cruz Mountain, and Livermore Valley wine regions are all within a 90 minute or so drive. Even so, I frequently find myself also taking advantage of the East Bay’s Urban Wine Country, which includes a dozens of…
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Wine Of The Week; 2007 Rosenblum Cellars Zinfandel Rockpile Road Vineyard
Every Thursday I feature a wine I particularly enjoy, whether it’s something new and different, is a great value, or from a producer worth checking out. For this week, my Wine Of The Week is the 2007 Rosenblum Cellars Zindandel Rockpile Road Vineyard The Winery Rosenblum Cellars is an urban winery located in Alameda, CA. It was founded by…
Petite Sirah Smack-down – Round 2; 8 More Petite Sirahs…1 Winner!
Round Two of our wine tasting club’s blind-tasting of Petite Sirahs – Can an $8 Petite best ones costing 3-4x?
Wine Of The Week – 2005 Rosenblum Cellars Syrah Reserve Kick Ranch
My wine of the week for April 7-April 13 is the 2005 Rosenblum Cellars Syrah Reserve Kick Ranch. The Winery Rosenblum Cellars is an urban winery in Alameda, CA. It was founded by Kent Rosenblum, a veterinarian in 1978. In 2008 it was sold to beverage giant Diageo. Rosenblum made their reputation making premium Zinfandel, but they also…
Recap of 6th Annual Dark & Delicious – The Petite Sirah Event Of The Year!
I attended the 6th annual Dark & Delicious (“D&D”) last Friday. D&D is an excellent opportunity to take a walk on the “dark side” for Petite Sirah (“P.S” – a.k.a. “Pet”.)and food lovers. The event is put on by an advocacy group of P.S. winegrowers, and producers knowns as P.S. I Love You. This year’s event…
BBQ Spaghetti and Zin
Food and wine pairing – BBQ Spaghetti and Zinfandel
Sunday Italian Gravy – Wine Pairing Smackdown!
What wine pairs best with the Italian-American Classic – Sunday Gravy? Syrah? Barolo? Chianti?
Big, Dark, and Delicious
I was headed home Friday after another week of too many hours, and not enough rest. I decided to pick up a pizza on the way home because we’d opened a 2006 Rosenblum Cellars Richard Sauret Zinfandel (88pts) the night before. I decided to get a pizza topped with grilled chicken, sausage, linguica, roma tomatoes, red…
Que Syrah Syrah
Favorite food and wine pairings
Wine Tasting Club – Zinfandel Night
This past Friday evening we had our every other monthly meeting of the Pacific Point Wine Tasting Club (“PPWTC”). The club was started back in January when my wife and I had the idea to start a wine-tasting club in our community. It’s been easier to get the wine tasting club up and running than…