Tenth Annual Appellation St. Helena bASH 2019
I just attended a thoroughly captivating contest held in the Historic Barrel Room at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), in St. Helena. The purpose of the competition, the 10TH […]
Category Archives: Zinfandel
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ZinFest Wine Festival, Lodi 2016
The annual Zinfest Wine Festival at Lodi Lake Park should be on the calendar of wine fans everywhere. Zinfest provides an excellent opportunity to taste wines produced in the Lodi […]
Napa Valley Film Festival 2015
With so many events using the Napa Valley as a hosting venue it is easy to discount many or even most of them simply due to the limited time in […]
ZAP Media Tasting 2015
For the second successive year I attended the ZAP 2015 media tasting held at the Rock Wall Wine Company at Alameda on January 28. I missed the friendly jostle of […]
The ZAP Grand Tasting 2012 , San Francisco, – Mission Zinpossible
If you want to explore the allure and potential of Zinfandel the ZAP festival is the place to do it. The Zinfandel Advocates & Producers 2012 gathering excelled in […]
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