California's Wine Regions, Terrior, Day Trips, Wine Tasting
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
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
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?
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
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
For California wineries, 2024 was the year sale declines became obvious to wine makers. The state lost 222 commercial wineries last year, declining to 41% of American wineries. Let’s put … Continue Reading CBW 2024 Top Stories: Bankruptcies, Discounts & California Winery Closures Impact on Wine Prices
A $100 California wine tasting is an oddity in California and Paso Robles as well. When Alpha Omega Collective opened last year with $50-$75-$100 tastings, we knew there would be … Continue Reading The $100 Wine Taste Fee Is Still Standing In Paso Robles: We Gauge It’s Impact After Their Anniversary.
In California’s world of wine there are two competing camps sprouting up from Temecula to Paso Robles to Napa. The first camp of wineries are estates, places where you can … Continue Reading Rising California Winemakers Eschew Estates For Industrial Space
What’s with California wine regions tearing out wine grape vines? Fields of California wine grape torn asunder along with smaller wineries putting themselves up for sale. What is going on … Continue Reading Winemakers Hammered By Declining US Consumption & Exports
California wine is found in many isolated areas. Like Harmony Cellars right off California’s infamous Highway 1. Sitting west of Paso Robles this coastal town named Harmony hosts a total … Continue Reading California Wine On Highway 1 – PCH (Pacific Coast Highway)
California wine regions were pummeled by wild weather spouting atmospheric rivers drenching us in the winter of 2022-2023. The big question all year has been, ‘What affect will that water … Continue Reading Water Into California Wine: Is This 2023 Vintage the Best Of The Decade?
Where can you find California winemakers pouring their art? During the Garagiste Wine Festival there was more wine poured by wine makers than we could enjoy in the hours allowed. … Continue Reading California Winemakers Pour Their Art At The Garagiste Wine Festival
To explore California style Rhône varietal wines, Tablas Creek Vineyards in Paso Robles is one of the Central Coast wineries focused on Rhône style blends. Grape varietals like Mourvedre, Syrah, … Continue Reading California Wine And The Rhône Rangers
“None of these wines are ready for prime time.” “That’s why we blend them: Syrah, Grenache, Malbec and Cabernet.” “We think we should add Malbec to the Cabernet.” “We’re thinking … Continue Reading Blending California Wine: A Multitude of Ways to Create Savory Wine, Or Ruin It