Events Shaping the Wine World September 2019
RAVE Report: Evaluating Site Impacts on Pinot Noir from Different West Coast Vineyard Locations American Terroir Worth a look from earlier this year Oregon Wine Continues Its Ascent, Driven By […]
Category Archives: Napa Valley
Taste of Oakville, Review 2019
I just returned from the Taste of Oakville held April 29 at the Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley. This is the preferred venue for the event. Every time I […]
Napa Valley Film Festival 2018
This venue being in wine producing Napa Valley does not necessarily mean that the 2018 Napa Valley Film Festival is wine-centric. But in a wine-conscious society an abundance of quality […]
The 2018 Napa Valley Film Festival
The Napa Valley Film Festival, November 7-11, is a rewarding event to spend some time at. The Festival is a sizeable event with nearly 100 screenings at multiple locations over […]
Trefethen Family Vineyards Golden Anniversary
Golden Anniversaries in the business world are not that commonplace. Several studies indicate that only about 40% of new businesses survive past their fifth year. When fifty years of business […]
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 […]
AppellationsTen’s Significant Seventy for 2017
During the course of 2017 AppellationsTen tasted many wines from around the world. Some of these wines caught our attention in particular. These outstanding wines deserve special mention and make […]
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 […]
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 […]
bASH, Appellation St. Helena 2017
This celebration was indeed a hands-on wine and food paring affair! Held at the CIA at Greystone, St. Helena on April 1, the organizers set the floor layout for rapid location […]
