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
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
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?
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
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?
Lodi’s Harney Lane Winery Creates Wine From 100+ Year Old Grape Vines Old Vine grape wine is interesting, tasty and of course it has a great back story. Also marketed … Continue Reading Old Vine Grapes: The Secret To Better California Wine?
Winery Margins Are Tanking From Low Visitation And Sales: It’s A Recipe For Discounts Liquidating Unsold Wine Could your business or workplace withstand 25%* decline in sales? How about another … Continue Reading California Wineries Are Selling Out or Closing Up: Will Your Favorite Remain Open in 2027?
Exploring $5 Wines from Grocery Outlet: Worth the Taste? You’ve been waiting for that glut of 25 million gallons of unsold California wine to land in new bottles, new labels … Continue Reading California’s Wine Grape Glut Continues As Value Price Wines Begin Landing In Discount Stores
Eberle Winery’s Approach: Free Tastings = Happy Customers & Good Business The Godfather of Paso Robles wine has spoken: There shall be no fees for sampling my wine. But everybody … Continue Reading The Joy And Economics of Complimentary Wine Tasting In Paso Robles
Everybody loves a value priced California wine but finding one can be elusive. In Lodi, California’s central valley wine emporium, we found just such a winery, Peirano Estate. Winemaker Lance … Continue Reading Pierano Estates Wine: California Zin Fest With Lodi’s Ancient Vines From 1895
You Should Have Human Hands And Try To Catch The Extra Glass With Your Free Hand (Or Flipper, Hoof or Paw ) Artifical Intelligence is going to save the world, … Continue Reading The Best Way To Hold A Glass Of California Wine According To Artificial Intelligence
The Rise of Rhône and Fall of Cabernet ‘Psssst, hey you wanna buy some great wine on the cheap, Napa Cabernet to be specific. Yeah, I got 30,000 gallons and … Continue Reading Glut Of California Cabernet Sauvignon Means Discounts For The King of Bordeaux Wines
It’s easy to miss the small store front of Polynesian Girl Winery when you’re cruising to your next grand estate tasting of California wine. Who would think you would find … Continue Reading Polynesian Girl Winery Blooms In California’s Gold Country
The Wine Debate: Moderation vs. Risks So wine is bad for you because of the alcohol content. But so is sunshine (melanoma), red meat (cholesterol), sugar (diabetes & heart disease) … Continue Reading The Social Benefits of Wine: Enjoying Life Responsibly Amid The Rush To Prohibition 2.0