Book Review: Daily Decadence by Sherri Dobay
Daily Decadence: The Art of Sensual Living by Sherri Dobay (Twitter, Facebook) is a mashup of a lifetime’s worth of short anecdotes about love, life, art, and wine, all centered around detailed recipes...
View ArticleAir Cork Pumps Up the Holidays
Wine gadgets are the perennial gift for the wine lover that we all know in our lives. Let’s be pretty honest with ourselves, however: most wine gadgets are crap. They are the easy gift to give to...
View Article2013: It’s So Good to Be Here
Sam Klingberg & I at Wine Riot SF for Bordeaux.com Welcome, Year 2013 of the Gregorian Calendar! I am normally not one to set New Year’s Resolutions…if you want to accomplish something, just DO...
View Article#StradaVinoArezzo: The Strada del Vino Terre di Arezzo in video
In May of 2012, I had the fantastic opportunity to visit the Strada del Vino Terre di Arezzo (Twitter, Facebook, WineLog) region of Tuscany, Italy. I attended courtesy of Strada, as organized by Sally...
View ArticleZAP is BACK!
Or rather, *I’m* back at ZAP this year! But what is ZAP you say; what is this electric onomatopoeia? Why, it is the annual ritual to celebrate the grape of Zinfandel; as performed by the masters of...
View ArticleKickstarting Block122.com
I have some very exciting news to share with my happy and wine-loving Vinopanions! While I hinted at this news earlier this year, I can now announce the official Kickstarter campaign for the fantastic...
View ArticleTwitter Time with Steven Kent Winery: #StevenKentWines 02/15/13
It’s time for another Twitter tasting (2/15 4-6pm PST), and I’m happy to be a part of this one, which features one of the most well-known families in all of American wine. Steven Kent Mirassou (Tw) is...
View Article#StradaVinoArezzo: Beauty, flavor, & wine along the Strada del Vino Terre di...
My wine travels during the last few years have been nothing short of spectacular. I never want to leave the places in which I am so fortunate to have forged lifelong stories about wine. But it was...
View ArticleVino infographics for all
So, uh, what the hell are infographics? Wikipedia defines them quite nicely as “graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and...
View ArticleA #wine return to Spain: Hello #Murcia!
It is with great excitement that I can announce my latest media trip abroad: I am headed back to Spain! Two years ago I had the fantastic pleasure to cover the rich wine, food, and cultural mecca of...
View Article#Murcia8: Extreme DO’s, beautiful people, & balanced monastrell #wine
Take a listen: monastrell wine is on the rise. Yep, I’m making a call, here in Q4 2013, that the monastrell grape will be a major #wine force across the vinous world in the next few years. Wine tends...
View Article#Wine Gadget Quick Review: CapaBunga
Sometimes simpler is better. Occam’s Razor, An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything, simple syrup: all things designed around the concept of simplicity, and are proven examples that complexity is...
View ArticleTasty Beauty: Jordan Estate Tour & Tasting
Wine country, almost by definition; is a gorgeous, relaxing, and delicious set of regions to visit. But how does one choose which region to visit and which wineries to whet one’s vinous whistle?...
View Article#Napa: Back to home and #wine
I’m never one to make big leaps in my life. Yes, about every ten years or so, the lady Beth Fontaine (Tw) and I seem to subconsciously start the process to evaluate our future in the context of our...
View ArticleConcha y Toro kicks out a range of great Chilean #wine
Chilean #wine has exploded in the US and around the world over the last decade+. Indeed, during the Lady and my vacation to awesome Belize late last year, we were surrounded by the Wines of Chile,...
View Article#Napa: Here comes the rain again (finally)
While not everyone pays attention to the crazy going-on’s on the Left Coast in California, you might have heard about the quickly accelerating and unprecedented drought that is beginning to devastate...
View ArticleBubbly: Côté Mas sparkling #wine BrandLive tasting
Tomorrow evening at 4PM PDT (03/18/14), I have the very fun opportunity to taste through some new sparkling #wine releases from France that clearly break the affordable mark. Well-respected Languedoc...
View ArticleUnderground Cellar: new #wine marketplace, win a #winecation!
As mentioned previously on these vinous epages, the Lady and I have happily ensconced ourselves back in the wine country of our roots. Our move to #NapaMode has been just about as cool as anyone might...
View Article#CabFestNV: An Inaugural Celebration of King Cab
There are plenty of #wine fests these days, celebrating this region or that grape varietal, indeed the Napa Valley has plenty of its own festivals throughout the year. When you think of the Napa...
View ArticleWhen #wine & #triathlon meet: Rodney Strong Vineyards Vineman Monte Rio...
Over the last 7 years (yes, my blogo-versary was just last month!), I’ve managed to overwhelm everyone I know with my mad passion for vino. So, it might come as some surprise to casual readers that...
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