As you may know if you follow this blog, I’ve been contributing to Visit Lodi! Conference & Visitors Bureau blog. Visit Lodi is the official travel website for Lodi, California. From time to time I share the blog posts I’ve written for Visit Lodi here. My latest piece written for Visit Lodi is entitled Lodi, California Rosé:…
Category: Wine
A Perfect Day In Lodi Wine Country
Last weekend my wife and I, along with a group of friends, took a quick overnight trip to Lodi. This post is a photo essay of our first day. Since it’s a mostly a photo essay, I decided to try something new and post it entirely from my iPhone while the memories are still fresh….
Pinots d’Alsace?…Yes Please! #Winophiles #AlsaceRocks
This month our French Winophiles group is teaming up with Wines of Alsace, and Teuwen Communications for their Alsace Rocks! promotion. As part of the promotion I was provided with 4 sample wines (as always opinions are my own!) My Pinot Flight included at least one of the four Pinot grape varieties of Alsace – Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris,…
Wine of the Day; 2014 Dominio del Aguila Pícaro Clarete
Don’t call it rosé. It’s pink, but it’s clarete…This is an alluring and memorable wine, I won’t forget anytime soon! Don’t call it rosé. It’s pink, but it’s clarete. Many years ago this was a common product of Ribera del Duero, not classically a rosé but certainly pink in color, made by the direct pressing…
Wine of the Day; 2016 Fields Family Wines Vermentino DeLu Vineyard
This is easily the best Vermentino I’ve every had! There’s remarkable depth, complexity and texture here. Fruit sourced from the Delu Vineyard in the Alta Mesa sub-AVA of Lodi. Fermented until dry in stainless steel. Thereafter, raised in neutral French Oak on its fine less for 5 months. Color – Pale straw yellow Aromas –…
Côtes de Bordeaux: Your Go-To For Affordable, Approachable Bordeaux #Winophiles
These are soulful, richly textured and interesting wines crafted by passionate vignerons…If you’re looking for easy-going well-structured Bordeaux offering great value to share with loved ones look no further than Côtes de Bordeaux! The theme for this month’s French #Winophiles is Côtes de Bordeaux. I was introduced to Côtes de Bordeaux a few months ago when this…
Two Inviting Sparkling Wines From Argentina’s Domaine Bousquet
Thank you to Domaine Bousquet for providing these complimentary media samples. I was not compensated for this post. Opinions are my own. I’m a sparkling wine lover. I always have a bottle of sparkling wine in the fridge. In part because it’s a “life of the party” wine for me that can elevate any occasion special or otherwise. But…
Arizona Rising: A Taste of Aridus Wine Company
My wife and I visited Arizona a couple of years ago for her birthday. We visited the Grand Canyon (it was her first time!), went hiking in Sedona, and of course did some wine tasting. I came away from the wine tasting experience so impressed with the quality of wines in Arizona, that it was my…
Amador Four Fires: Indulge Your Senses At This Fabulous #Wine and #Food Festival
One of my favorite things about Spring and Summer in the Northern California is the plethora outdoor based wine and food events. One of the most memorable of such events for me was the Amador Four Fires event I last attended in 2016 (yes it was that memorable!) Amador Four Fires Festival (A4F), is a…
Digging Out By Digging Into the Chilean Wines
When I started this blog 8 years ago, I recall feeling as if I was on the outside looking in because so many of the wine bloggers I admired seemed to have an endless supply of sample wines. Wine I did begin to receive wine samples it started as a trickle . These days it feels…