Product was provided for free however the review is my honest opinion. I participated in another Cellarpass Tv Live show. This weeks show was a Wine Country Fashion Show & Wine tasting. I’m not a huge fashion fan but I could see the ladies were having a great time. With…
Every time we travel to Sonoma or Napa Valley we try to find a new winery to experience. Our recent to travel to Sonoma we spent the first part of the day at Verite for what they called Vintage Verite. We had the opportunity to try the 2004 Verite wines. Due to a warm and…
Product was provided for free however the review is my honest opinion. I recently participated in another Cellar Pass TV Live show. This show was a Wine Country Fashion Show & Wine tasting and though I’m not a huge fashion fan, I could see the ladies were having a great…
Last summer we registered for the Napa Valley Auction to participate in potential bid opportunities. From the Napa Valley Auction website: Where wine lover and winemaker meet at the source of America’s legendary wines to partake in and celebrate the best Napa Valley has to offer. Insider’s access to the cool cellars and warm hospitality of…
Chris and I recently had the opportunity to meet David van Velden; owner and wine maker of Overgaauw wines with a small group at a private party; and again the following day at a wine dinner in a local wine bistro shop in Otsego, Minnesota. We were able to sample five of Davids wines…
This was the last night the girls would get together to watch their smut show for a while. It had been fun seeing Chris’ friends, enjoying their food and sharing the wine they bring. It’s a good thing we have a Tivo box because the girls never start watching the show on-time. More often some…
I am typically a fan of Argentina Malbecs and try them whenever I get the chance. Some are better than others, but I do see an overall trend in better quality. Recently more California wine makers are releasing Malbec wines. We came across this wine when visiting Paoletti winery in Calistoga last year and since…
While travelling to Napa late September this year, we had an early frost. It’s called Indian Summer when you have a frost that is followed by more warm weather. To further describe Indian summer it is s a period of unseasonably warm, dry weather that sometimes occurs in autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The US National…
Last spring I had written about a Select Red wine that came from Cosentino Winery. In my blog I pointed out some issues that I saw and thought the wine was not the same quality as the other wines we are familiar with and drank for many years. We did send Cosentino a letter expressing…
The end of summer was nearing and I have to say our Minnesota summer was really good. We had the fewest number of 90 degree days in twenty-one years and the humidity had been in check too. The hottest day thus far in 2014 in the Twin Cities was 92 degrees on July 21 while statistically the…
I had a business trip that took me to Longmont, Colorado this past September. The meetings ended early so I had a free afternoon. I knew there were wineries in the Boulder area and had wanted to check them out. I wasn’t sure where they were located and I did a bit of internet searching…
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