Lone Dove Wines
The Livermore wine scene recently welcomed a newcomer to the area, but a newcomer in name only. We had a chance to visit the newest tasting room to the area: Lone Dove Wines. New wines, new label, but a winemaker far from new to us.
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The Chronicle Wine Competition 2016
This year’s San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition was the not only the largest competition of its kink in the world, it broke its own record for the number of wines entered. Over 7,000 wines from across the country competed for awards in a dizzying number of categories. We were thrilled to learn that some of our favorite wineries won awards!
Rock Wall Wine Company Club Pickup
The Rock Wall Wine Company pairs great wine with amazing views of San Francisco. This is amazing on a sunny afternoon, but can this pairing work on a rainy day? It was time to pick up December’s wine club pack and El Niño was in full force, so this question was about to be answered.
Bordeaux Tasting at the New K&L Wine SF
Wine tasting in a wine store is a very different experience from a winery. Typically, a wine store trades ambiance for diversity. Many times, the wine guide is pleasant, and has memorized a few key facts about each wine, but otherwise is more comfortable stocking shelves. K & L Wine Merchants is the exception to this […]
Omega Winery Redux
The Lodi wine region is home to wineries big and small. Not surprisingly, winery size does not predict winery quality. We love discovering small wineries with huge skills, so we build our tours with lots of new, unexplored wineries. Sometimes, though, a winery is so nice that we have to visit twice. That was exactly the case when we visited Omega Cellars to explore it all over again.
Jessie’s Grove
Most wineries aspire to prosper for a generation. Many wineries succeed in passing their success on to their heirs. Rarely does such success run for three generations. One notable example of three generations of success is Jessie’s Grove. Starting in 1868, the Spenker family has continuously operated a ranch and farm in Lodi. Today they produce amazing wine from 120 year-old grapes. It was with great anticipation that we visited their tasting room!
Stama Winery
The Lodi wine region undergoes constant change, with wineries and tasting rooms popping up, morphing and (sometimes) disappearing. Popularity brings with it a lot of good challenges, and we were able to enjoy the fruits of one such challenge when we visited the sparkling new tasting room of Stama Winery.
The Jeremy Wine Company
The picturesque downtown area of Lodi is home to boutique shops, brew pubs and, happily, winery tasting rooms. During our recent visit we were able to enjoy two out of three of these attractions. You guessed it, we skipped the boutiques. Our first stop was an amazing visit to the Jeremy Wine Company.
Van Ruiten Family Winery
After boning up on the heritage of the zinfandel grape, we set off for Lodi. We had a full day planned, full of new wineries to explore, with an emphasis on smaller wineries that produced a range of varietals. We were all excited enough about our day that we got up early (which is saying something), packed the car and arrived at our first winery at the stroke of 11:00. Our opening tasting? Today that call went to the Van Ruiten Family Winery!
Top 5’s in 2015
The year is coming to an end and that means a lot of different things to different people. For us, it means that it’s time to check our champagne inventory, be sure we have something interesting on deck for New Year’s Eve, and wrap up the blog for the year. That’s right, it is time for the obligatory end of the year lists!
A New Twist on Blind Wine Tasting
Christmas parties are full of fun, food, friends and great conversation. Of course at our house there’s wine, too. This year we tried something different: a new twist on a blind wine tasting with a great prize. This simple activity paid off in laughs and mingling all night long! Here’s how you can do this too: