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by Greg Cruey on January 30, 2010
A number of sources (Decanter, Bloomberg, The LA Times) are reporting on some recently release sales numbers showing that the California wine industry had a bad year in 2009.
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by Greg Cruey on December 5, 2009
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by Greg Cruey on October 24, 2009
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Decanter.com is reporting on a change in California's wine laws that will allow wineries more freedom to market their products directly to the local public.Sponsored by the Wine I...
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by Greg Cruey on August 17, 2009
Would you like a good, fruity, complicated Petit Sirah? Good Wine Under $20 says you need to try 2008 The Crusher Petite Sirah, made by Don Sebastiani & Sons.If you're looking for a wine that ...
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by Greg Cruey on February 28, 2009
Vinography had an informative and insightful look earlier this month at California's Zinfandels. The author went to the ZAP Zinfandel Festival "for a chance to taste a whole lot of Zinfandel....
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by Greg Cruey on January 1, 2009
My wife and I dropped in on some friends early on NY Eve. We'd planned to be home by 11pm or so. After all, we live in a very rural area and it's not like there are block parties going on. But...
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by Sandy Mitchell on August 16, 2008
The Paso Robles Wine Region, located along California's central coast is home to nearly 170 wineries, growing more than 40 different grape varietals. Below is a look at just a few of the area'...
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by Sandy Mitchell on August 2, 2008
Located just inland from Monterey Bay is Pietra Santa, a California winery that crafts wines in the style of Tuscany. Particularly refreshing for summertime sipping is Pietra Santa's 2007 Amore pi...
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by Sandy Mitchell on July 5, 2008
Located just inland from Monterey Bay is Pietra Santa, a california winery that crafts wines in the style of Tuscany. Particularly refreshing for summertime sipping is Pietra Santa's 2007 Rosato, ...
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by Sandy Mitchell on July 5, 2008
Win a summer wine celebration of a lifetime in Mirassou Winery's "Celebrate Summer" sweepstakes. One lucky winner will get everything you need to host an outdoor get-together for 30 of ...
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by Sandy Mitchell on June 28, 2008
My affection for dry rose wines in the summertime began a lifetime ago when I was studying in the South of France one summer during college. That region is well-known in Europe for its dry, lightly fr...
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by Sandy Mitchell on June 16, 2008
Zinfandel, that full-bodied, slightly peppery, slighly plum-flavored red wine (not that pink stuff of which we do not speak), is an ideal wine to serve with traditional Fourth of July fare, such as bu...
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by Sandy Mitchell on May 21, 2008
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by Sandy Mitchell on May 17, 2008
The man who almost single-handedly created the California wine industry that we know today died yesterday at the age of 94. Robert Mondavi, born in 1913 to Italian immigrants, broke from the family wi...
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by Sandy Mitchell on May 15, 2008
What a great idea! Although it's been open for more than a year, I just learned of California's first chocolate tasting bar, Wine Country Chocolates. As befits a chocolatier in wine country, W...
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by Sandy Mitchell on April 26, 2008
Today, we're tasting another good wine to serve for all of those summer patio parties-the Little Black Dress Pinot Grigio. Little Black Dress Wines were introduced by Brown-Forman in 2006, the 80t...
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by Sandy Mitchell on April 7, 2008
Lake County, California is less well known than its neighbor to the south, Napa County. Situated between Napa and Mendocino Counties, this wine district began with just 100 acres of grape vines in 196...
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by Sandy Mitchell on March 21, 2008
I've adopted a grape...and so can you. If you've ever dreamed of owning your own winery, this is as close as you can get without a huge expenditure of time and money. Adopt a Grape is a real w...
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by Carol Bancroft on December 13, 2007
When I think of the TV commercials I've seen for wines, it's usually been for Arbor Mist or Turning Leaf. OK wines in their own right, I guess, but certainly not premium wines. However, over t...
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by Carol Bancroft on December 5, 2007
When it comes to Chardonnays, I'm a picky girl. There aren't many that I like, but I've found that typically I enjoy Chardonnays from California's Russian River Valley, so when I recei...
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by Carol Bancroft on December 4, 2007
I am always up for a great Zinfandel and as I mentioned in yesterday's post, I received a bottle of Bradford Mountain Grist Vineyard Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2004 in the sample subscription fro...
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by Carol Bancroft on December 1, 2007
Although they claim the decision has nothing to do with the U.S. government's push to put nutrition labels on wine bottles, as of January 2008 Bonny Doon Vineyards will voluntarily be listing ingr...
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by Carol Bancroft on October 26, 2007
I meant to write about this wine earlier in the week, but really didn't have the opportunity until now. Last weekend my husband and I had a bottle of the 2005 Tom Feeney Ranch Russian River Valley...
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by Carol Bancroft on October 21, 2007
What if you want to experience the fruits of California wine country, but you don't want to drink wine? A Berkeley, CA-based company seems to have come up with the answer: Vignette Wine Country S...
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by Carol Bancroft on October 17, 2007
It seems that the grape harvest has been small this year across the globe, from France to Italy, and even California. Weather conditions including heavy rains, cold snaps, and excessive heat have all...
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by Carol Bancroft on September 30, 2007
As California Wine Month draws to a close, I thought it would be fitting to round out the month by writing about a Chardonnay from Michel-Schlumberger Wines. Michel-Schlumberger is a small-production...
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by Carol Bancroft on September 21, 2007
Wednesday afternoon I attended a wine tasting put on by one of the wine distributors. It was a work-related tasting, but that doesn't mean it wasn't fun. I tasted a few really great bottles (a...
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by Carol Bancroft on August 22, 2007
I would consider myself a fan of Blackstone wines. I'm particularly fond of their Merlot, and I also adore all of the Hayman & Hill wines. Granted, H&H isn't Blackstone, but Dennis Hil...
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by Carol Bancroft on August 21, 2007
No, no, noth that kind of anarchy. There isn't any kind of revolt. Grapes are being angrily ripped from the vines and tossed around. Fermenting tanks aren't being tipped over. Everything is in...
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by Carol Bancroft on August 13, 2007
When I first heard that francis ford coppola had plans to introduce to the market single servings of his Rosso and Bianco wines in plastic glasses, I admit that I rolled my eyes a bit. I've seen s...
