BASH, Appellation St. Helena 2018
Saturday evening on April 7th guests climbed the long flight of stone stairs outside the magnificent old Greystone building in St. Helena, Napa Valley, then inside ascended another flight of […]
St. Helena bASH 2018 Preview
Its almost time for the Appellation St. Helena bASH again. See my review of the 2017 event for what happened last year. https://appellationsten.com/2017/04/10/bash-appellation-st-helena-2017/ The bASH has a creative as well […]
Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux 2018 Tasting Vintage 2015
A new venue was provided by the organizer, Balzac Communications, for the Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux (UGC) 2018 tasting on January 25 at City View at Metreon, San […]
Napa Valley Film Festival 2017
As beneficial as books are, and as marvelous as the 20th Century invention of television is, there are yet other avenues to knowledge and enrichment. It benefits us to go […]
Southern Hemisphere Focus, 2017
Full Circle Bevcon held a little get-together to taste wines from the Southern Hemisphere at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco on September 7. Over 200 wines were […]
Taste of Mount Veeder 2017
The Mount Veeder Appellation keeps raising the bar. At least, each year when I taste the wines, that’s what I find. The improvement is due to the winegrowers. But mountain […]
Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting 2017
The Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting 2017 just completed June 10 at the Golden Gate Club, at the Presidio in San Francisco. Weather was perfect and many accompanying activities took place […]
