Five Great Wine Blogs You Shouldn’t Miss
By Ashton Keefe on 2/17/12
Blogs are like favorite foods, everyone has one and everyone has an opinion on why it’s their favorite. Even those people who swear they don’t read blogs ... are lying.
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By Kay Zink on 2/16/12
Drive up Highway 101 east of the Russian River in northern California and you are in for a treat. It is quite possibly California’s best wine region kept secret. The
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By Liz Willette on 2/15/12
There's much controversy these days surrounding the alcohol content in wine. Sommeliers, retail buyers and consumers all seem to be obsessed about that little percentage point on the bottom of
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By Jon Thorsen on 1/24/12
For many of us online shopping has become a big part of our lives. And while buying from Amazon has become the norm, you may still be hesitant about
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By Ashton Keefe on 1/23/12
I’m a chef. That’s the “day job,” so to speak, which is ironic, because it’s anything but just a day job. So the idea of getting behind a hot stove,
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By Sondra Barrett on 1/11/12
One of the greatest wine tasting and Sonoma County experiences is coming up on January 14-15, 2012 - Winter Wine Road. Winter Wine Road is actually not a road at
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By Ashton Keefe on 12/28/11
We all know those people. The ones that say “I only drink wine” or “I only drink beer.” The people you buy the six-pack or glass of white for.
Now,
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By Liz Willette on 12/21/11
There is nothing more comforting and terrifying than that moment where you realize from whence you come. It might be when you find yourself obsessing over the color of your
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By Jon Thorsen on 12/21/11
With Christmas and New Year's right around the corner I’m sure many of you (like me) are scrambling to fill in those last holes on your gift giving list. If
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By W. Blake Gray on 12/20/11
I love eating in Sonoma County. Unlike neighboring Napa County, which grows wine grapes and little else, Sonoma County is some of America's best farm country for vegetables and meat,
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By Richard Leahy on 12/19/11
The distinction between subjective personal taste preferences (largely accidental), and objective wine “quality” is an age-old puzzle.
Just to show that this is an eternal question, I encourage you to visit
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By Liz Willette on 12/16/11
If there is one thing I have been accused of in my six years of having my own wine distribution business, it’s that I have a portfolio that caters to
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By W. Blake Gray on 12/14/11
Decanting takes 10 seconds, requires only a large, clean glass container, and can make your wine taste better. Yet most people don't decant often enough, and when they do, they
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By Liz Willette on 12/13/11
I get asked a lot about wine storage … perhaps because I live in New York City where space is like Grand Cru Burgundy – there is never
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By Sondra Barrett on 12/13/11
Before I moved to Sonoma County, my experience was that Napa County was the place for great wine and elegant restaurants while Sonoma County offered old Italian restaurants, fruit bomb
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By Ashton Keefe on 12/13/11
There’s a better type of party ... a wine tasting party! Sounds intimidating right? All the sniffing, swirling, intellectual jargon ... half of which you make up, attempting to impress friends
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By tbenton on 10/13/11
Ryan Callahan, General Manager of The Girl and the Fig in Sonoma, Stopped by to check on his fruit and had some nice words to say about his Crushpad wine
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By tbenton on 10/3/11
The 2011 Harvest Party was a great success. Held at our new Sonoma location, guests were treated to spectacular weather and delicious wines served from three tasting stations. In true
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By tbenton on 9/2/11
Rodney Gagnon and Wine Maker Kian Tavakoli taste barrel samples and compare finished wines of the previous vintage.
Weekly Wine Barrel Tasting: 2010 Split Rock Vineyard Pinot Noir
By tbenton on 8/22/11
Rodney Gagnon and Wine Maker Adam Smith taste and compare barrel samples to finished wines of the previous vintage.
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