The Tanner Vineyards tasting room is very much in the geographic and functional center of Murphys. Across the street from the historic Murphys Hotel and adjacent to dozens of restaurants and other tasting rooms, the Tanner tasting room is an ideal starting point for any Murphys experience. The building’s walls may be bowed, but the […]
The wine tasting room can be a confusing place. There are a lot of technical terms that get thrown around and it is easy to get lost in all the jargon. Last time, we covered malolactic fermentation, a personal favorite. Now we take on another term that tends to confuse: brix, or degrees of brix. […]
Making an antipasto platter comes easily in our Type 1 Diabetic family, but for some it may not. I am here to help you create an award winning antipasto platter that will wow your friends, ensure you are invited for picnic wine tasting and most importantly keep your little tummy full of more than just […]
Our love for small wineries is epic. No disrespect to larger wineries because they can produce amazing wines as well, but we love to talk with the people who actually make the wine. Our Murphys trip took us from Mineral Wines to another perfect example of “smaller is better” as we returned to a previous […]
They call it the Napa of the East Bay. Okay, “they” don’t really, but we certainly do here at Wine Tasting Bliss and this weekend we are thrilled to celebrate the 34th annual Livermore Valley Harvest Wine Celebration! The list of wineries has grown over the years and this year the Livermore Valley Wine Growers […]
Time for another road trip! Our good friends, Laura and Bill (guest post coming soon) invited us to join them for a wine tasting weekend in the Murphys/Arnold area. So, let’s see: we love their company, we love wine tasting, and… we don’t really need any more reasons! Off we went to Murphys for a […]
We occasionally veer away from chronicling our winery visits to discuss some of the more interesting (confusing, odd?) aspects of wine and wine tasting. We’ve covered wine aromas, fun wine tasting stereotypes, barrel tasting, tasting room etiquette, bottle-your-own activities, even creative ways to get to wineries. We’ve even dipped our literary toe into confusing grape […]
Our “Champagne and More” was drawing to a close. We left a fun tasting at MacPhail Family Wines in The Barlow and walked a short distance down the street to another highly recommended tasting room: La Follette Wines. Once again, Bill Shortridge, of the Merry Edwards Winery, lead us to an amazing experience! While the MacFail […]
Don’t you love non-traditional National Holidays? National Left-handed Scissors Day, National Mis-matched Socks Day, National Take a Bite Out of Your Friend’s Bagel Day,and my favorite, National Talk Like a Pirate Day. But today is a Day I can get behind: National Cabernet Day! Here are some of my favorites. National Cabernet Day does not […]
Happy Dog Day! I could not resist celebrating this day with all of you and use it as an excuse to show off my furbaby and hope that you’ll share yours too! This is Gigi, Rob and my 10 year old Miniature Pinscher mix that we rescued from a shelter when she was three. While […]
We were in downtown Sebastopol on our “Champagne and More” tasting tour, and life was looking pretty good! Bill Shortridge of the Merry Edwards Winery had recommended a lunch spot, called Zazu, that nothing short of incredible. More on that in a later post. Given the strength of Bill’s first recommendation, we couldn’t wait to […]