Our 28th Wedding anniversary was May 17th. We would be again celebrating in the valley and planned to stay in Sonoma for an extended weekend, which included a visit to Verite, my favorite in Chalk Hill. We tried to pack light, but of course had a few bottles to take home so we spent a…
The Bristle wines name comes from a story about a dog (Bristle) who was found in a trash bin when it was only a few weeks old. It was nursed back to health by Loma Hughes. The pint-sized wire-harrier terrier type mutt has become her constant companion and fiercely loyal watch dog. A…
Chris recently read the book called “Wheat Belly”. Within the book, the author and Dr. describes how wheat in the United States has been genetically altered and how people react to wheat. If you look at pictures from the better part of the 1900’s you do not see over weight people. As a kid, I…
If you have noticed, many of my blogs I talk about the food we eat and the wine will have with the meal. Wine and food both bring pleasure and go so well with each other. Of course there is nothing wrong with a glass or two of wine on its own, as I do…
As much as we get to Napa, we have not spent a lot of time in Russian River. Our friend Steve had mentioned that he was taking his girlfriend Malia wine tasting in Sonoma. We coordinated meeting them and since he’s the local, we let him lead the way and were confident that his choices…
If you have a Costco with a liquor store selling wine near you, it may be worth the membership! One can find some real treasures if you know what you are looking for. Even though my cellar is full, I always make an attempt to check out the wines when we are at Costco. A…
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We have been club members at Sequoia Grove in Rutherford for a couple of years. Within our most recent club shipment we received a 2010 Sequoia Grove Stage Coach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. At first I was going to add the bottle to my cellar, but then I thought why not try a newly released Cabernet and see…
I recently wrote and released a blog about a red wine from a winery where the label did not look right. After doing a bit of digging, I believe the fruit and location were not correct as I had suspected. It’s likely that a novice wine drinker would have never noticed. After posting the blog,…
Chris was the top bidder for a South African wine tasting for ten at our house from the Alexandra house Hope Gala last March. We are not experienced with wines from that part of the world so I was looking forward to it. I was also a little apprehensive not knowing the wines but also…
The other night Chris prepared a creamy curry chicken, asparagus and hash brown casserole with fresh Meyer lemon and herbs for dinner. She wanted to pair it with a white wine and asked me to grab a bottle. I had never paired a curry with a wine so I was up to the task. I…
I hope you all had a very happy Easter. We spent our holiday celebrating that Saturday night along with our kids at our friends house. Jen had been fighting cervical cancer and are happy to say she was recently told that she is “golden” and cancer free! It was fun to see “the old Jen” back…
