One of my favorite Bay Area food and wine events, the 7th annual Dark & Delicious Petite Sirah™ is coming to Alameda later this month! Dark & Delicious (“D&D”) is the preeminent annual Petite Sirah event in the world. It’s put on each year by P.S. I Love You, an association of Petite Sirah growers, producers and…
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Wine of the Week; 2007 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon
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 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon. The Winery Caymus Vineyards, a family owned winery, is one of Napa Valley’s many iconic Cabernet…
T.G.I.F. Bubbly – 2008 Schramsberg Vineyards Blanc de Noirs
My wife and I make it a point to drink sparkling wine on a weekly basis. It’s typically Friday night…thus “T.G.I.F. Bubbly” It’s a celebration of sort of the end of the workweek. She get’s to drink, and enjoy the bubbly, while I get to drink, enjoy and blog about it! This week’s sparkling wine…
Wine Tasting Along the Anderson Valley Wine Trail-Day 2
Last week I posted about our first day of wine tasting in Anderson Valley (“A.V”). We stayed overnight at the Anderson Valley Inn, nice clean choice for budget minded travelers to Anderson Valley (heads up…no TV…but there is WiFi). It’s centrally in Anderson Valley minutes away from Hendy Wood State Park with its majestic redwood trees. It’s…
Wine of the Week: 2011 Navarro Vineyards Edelzwicker
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 2011 Navarro Vineyards Edelzwicker. The Winery Navarro Vineyards is a family-owned winery that has been growing growing grapes, making wine…
Wine Tasting Along the Anderson Valley Wine Trail – Day 1
My wife and I took and overnight to trip to Anderson Valley last month. It’s been several years since we’d been, but our last trip there was a real pleasure and we’ve been looking forward to returning. “The Anderson Valley is located in the rolling hills of the coastal region of Mendocino County…Known for our…
T.G.I.F. Bubbly – Segura Viudas Aria Estate Brut
My wife and I make it a point to drink sparkling wine on a weekly basis. It’s typically Friday night…thus “T.G.I.F. Bubbly” It’s a celebration of sort to the end of the workweek. She get’s to drink, and enjoy the bubbly, while I get to drink, enjoy and blog about it! This week’s bubbly is…
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…
Wine Pairings for #SundaySupper Birthday Celebration
It’s the first anniversary for #SundaySupper this week! I was excited when I saw the theme for this week’s #SundaySupper because, while I haven’t been part of the #SundaySupper movement from the beginning (my first post was Father’s Day last year), it’s a family I feel so fortunate to be a part of. I knew…
Prepare to be ZAP’d – The 22nd Annual Zinfandel Festival Coming Soon!
For all my wine loving friends, and in particular my Zinfandel loving friends, the 22nd Annual Zinfandel Festival is around the corner. It is being held January 31 – February, 2013 in San Francisco at the historic Concourse Exhibition Center. The event is hosted by the Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (“ZAP”), and as Robert Biale, President of ZAP put…