California's Wine Regions, Terrior, Day Trips, Wine Tasting
The Pleasant Valley District of Placerville in California’s Gold Country is home to some wonderful California wineries. One is Miraflores Winery, founded in 1988. They produce white and red wines … Continue Reading Explore Miraflores Winery: A Gold Nugget Found In The Hills Of California’s 49er Country
Why Try Discount Wines During This Wine Surplus? We were caught red-handed in the Costco check out line. We had nowhere to hide. Some Paso Robles friends bumped into us … Continue Reading California’s Glut of Wine Is Seeping Into The Marketplace & Awaiting You At Costco
If it’s too expensive to make a vessel out of oak, why not just add oak to the neutral vessel? A heavy door to McPrice Myers California winery slides open, … Continue Reading Wine Creators Used Oak Barrels For Thousands Of Years & They’re Expensive: Can You Make California Wine Without Pricey Barrels? Oak Installment #2
Swelling An Oak Cask For First Time Use: It Looks Like Bourbon Pouring Out It is a common scene in California wine tasting rooms from Napa to Paso Robles to … Continue Reading The Secrets of Oak Barrel Influence On California Wines: Oak Installment #1
Using A California Wine Pass Is A Savvy Tasting Strategy The California wine landscape has shifted far astray from affordable tastings in recent years. What was once a casual afternoon … Continue Reading Sipping Vino: Unlocking Value With California Wine Tasting Passports
Wine Industry Struggles And 1/2 Price Case Offers The slow down in California wine sales continues forcing wine makers to push tasting room pricing downward. Sonoma currently has 50 wineries … Continue Reading Looking For An Affordable California Wine Tasting Fee? Sonoma Offers $15 Tastes Through March 15
The Evolution of California Wine Experiences: From Complimentary Tastings & Free Goblets to Garden Tastings With Mu$ic & Food Things were simple in our early days of California wine tasting. … Continue Reading Vintage Glasses and California Wine Memories: A Collector’s Tale
Taste of Space: How Wine Changes in Orbit With Cabernet Sauvignon from MDW In the vacuum of space nobody hears you slurp. But in space we know you can ferment … Continue Reading Wine Experiments With Microgravity: Zero Gravity Vino
Wine Surplus in California: What’s Next for Consumers? Last year’s California wine adventure was a wild journey. Winemakers struggled with a glut of acreage, too much grape and not enough … Continue Reading Top Stories of 2025: It Was A Year of Pain From Vineyards To The Tasting Room To The Wine Store Shelf
You like California wine, but some of it is just too harsh, some to sweet. With over 10,000 varieties of wine grape which one fits your palate, your taste? There … Continue Reading What California Wine Do You Like? There’s A Test For Finding Your Wine Palate: Sweet, Sensitive, or Tolerant?
The Value of Wine Club Pickup Events One perk of California wine club membership is the pickup party. As a club member you can opt to have your wine shipped … Continue Reading Join Your Perfect California Wine Club: What to Expect at Pickup Parties
Tasting Minor Varietals at Paso Robles California Wine Festival There are plenty of Wine Festivals throughout the state of California but we prefer to visit two local ones. One is … Continue Reading Small California Wine Makers Pour Their Wares At Upcoming Garagiste Festival
Grape Growers and Wine Makers Seek Exit Strategies While Consumers Hunt Discounts On Their Bottles Of Wine Over the years friends have uttered this invocation over a glass of wine, … Continue Reading Free Vineyard Lease Offer: Follow Your Wine Making Dreams In 2026
November 7-9 Small Batch Wine Makers Pour Their Vino For You Attending a wine festival can be overwhelming. You can’t taste every California Wine in the room. There is simply … Continue Reading How to Maximize Your Wine Tasting Experience at The Garagiste Festival – Paso Robles
Discovering Library Wines: Experience the Richness of Aging In this library there’s no need to be quiet. There is actually a lot of slurping and oohs & ahhs as 20 … Continue Reading Exploring Library Wines: A Journey Through Aged Flavors While Enjoying A Party
Essays Exploring The Abundance & Variety of California Wines Why devote time and resources to writing about California wine tasting experiences? What is it so important about wine for us … Continue Reading Why Write About California Wine Tasting Experiences?