ZinFest 2018
Whenever I head for Lodi I think first of its considerable country charm. The long, straight country lanes passing by tilled fields sowed with grape vines remind me of John […]
Category Archives: Viognier
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 […]
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 […]
ZinFest Lodi, 2017
Lodi’s annual wine festival on the lake, ZinFest, just concluded on May 20. This year winery booths were situated further around the lake from West Turner Road, towards the north […]
West of West Wine Festival 2015
The fifth annual West of West Wine (WOW) Festival convened July 31 – August 2, 2015 in Sebastopol, California, with functions occurring also in Windsor and Occidental. The West Sonoma […]
Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting 2014
Wine fans can be eternally thankful to the Rhone Rangers organization and their founders for the efforts they have expended in bringing the exciting, complex, and varied Rhone style wines […]
Lodi’s 2011 Treasure Island WineFest
For fans of table wine there is a community in Northern California worth knowing about. That community of Lodi lies nearly 100 miles east of the San Francisco Bay adjacent […]
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