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Six Wineries to Visit El Dorado Wine Country
Earlier this year I had the honor of attending El Dorado Passport Weekend as a VIP guest of the El Dorado Winery Association. You might...
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Another Trip to Livermore
Last month I had the honor of joining Deborah Grossman, one of the Brix Chicks, the Wine Harlot, Becca of The Gourmez and Fred Swan to...
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Nothing Wrong with Taking it Slow
First off I'd like to thank Slow Wine, who allowed me to attend their San Francisco tasting for free as a media guest. You might be...
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A Great Wine Region You've (Probably) Never Gone To
Big thanks to The Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association for providing me with free tickets so that I could attend Barrel Tasting...
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Jordan Throws the Best Parties
I used to think that I didn't like caviar, but at Jordan Winery I learned I was wrong. For the Wine Bloggers Conference last year about...
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Learning About Olivet Road at WBC17
One of the things I like most about going to the Wine Bloggers Conferences is how much I learn at these events. During the 2017 Wine...
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The Philosophy of Mendocino Wines
I've been a fan of Mendocino wines for as long as I can remember. Navarro Vineyards and Testa Wines are a few of my favorite wineries...
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Zinderella
A few weekends ago I had the pleasure of volunteering for ZinEx, a multi-day celebration of all things Zin put on by Zinfandel Advocates...
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Howdy Missouri - Part 2
Not every grape varietal can be grown well everywhere, but there is always a grape varietal you can grow well somewhere. In Missouri's...
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Rocca Rocked My World
As I mentioned yesterday, this past October I recently hosted some wine parties with my father. For one of these parties we focused on...