California's Wine Regions, Terrior, Day Trips, Wine Tasting
White Wines Drive Market Change What are the hottest California Wines selling today? What wines are the growth engine for Sonoma to Paso Robles to Santa Barbara wineries? It’s not … Continue Reading White Wines: Sauvignon Blanc and Prosecco Are The Hot Tickets In California Wineries
Taste Test: Trader Joe’s vs. Total Wine’s Festive Chardonnay Should we add fruit or vegetable flavors to our California wine? Would these additions fill our palate with peace & joy … Continue Reading Should Your California Wine Contain Pumpkin & Spice? A Holiday Debate
Professionals in the California wine industry have no problem discarding their ‘nectar of the gods’ into a pour bucket. After all, not every pour is a keeper. They readily use … Continue Reading Sip & Savor Your California Wine: Don’t Guzzle It Like A Shot Of Whiskey
Exploring Wineries Outside Paso Robles’ Core AVA Districts Wineries come and go, popping up, then disappearing in every region California wine is created. So it’s no surprise Château Margene Winery … Continue Reading CreatingTasty Wine In The Creston District of Paso Robles-26 Years And Counting
Wine Away Stain Removal: It’s a clumsy person’s best friend California red wine leaves quite a stain when dollops of vino drop on your faded blue jeans. Thank goodness for … Continue Reading Let’s Sing A Celebration Of The Best Red Wine Stain Remover For Vino Lovers
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