LODI & WEST SACRAMENTO TOUR

It had been over two years since I’d put together a wine tour for Grape-Nutz, but by spring 2022 I was ready to give it a shot. (...more)

TASTING NOTES FROM TOM HILL

We tasted these 4 at Pig+Fig ystrday afternoon (6/22/22): Ridge Grenache Lytton Estate DryCreekVlly (80% Grenache/10% PS/10% Zin; 49 brls; bttld April 08; Drk: 3/08-3/12-3/13: EB) 2006: Med.dark color w/ some bricking; some cedary/pencilly/oldRed some dusty/OV some blackberry/ strawberry/ Grenache bit oldRidge complex nose; slightly soft some cedary/pencilly/(...more)

4TH WINeFare

Report on the fourth WINeFare wine tasting, held on the afternoon of Saturday June 4th, 2022 at the Haight Street Art Center in San Francisco, California. . (...more)

GARIGISTE WINE FESTIVAL

Report on the Garagiste Wine Festival: Northern Exposure event, held on Saturday April 30th, 2022, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Hall in Sonoma. (...more)

SIERRA FOOTHILLS VISITS

Back on the road for Grape-Nutz! I took my first wine tour in 18 months in late July 2021 – it was just a one-day outing to the Sierra Foothills but it felt great to hit the road and visit wineries again. ...(...more)

NAPA & SONOMA VISITS

I decided to do something different, and setup three days of touring with Eric Anderson – the head Grape-Nutz nut himself – and his friend and Grape-Nutz veteran Michael Poston (...more)

WINES OF THE SANTA CRUZ MTNS

Report on the Grand Tasting presented by Wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains on Sunday April 24th, 2022 at The Mountain Winery in Saratoga. This event is held to highlight... (...more)

COVERING WINE TRAVELS AND TASTINGS FOR
30 YEARS !

MORE SIERRA FOOTHILLS VISITS

My second Grape-Nutz wine tour since early 2020 turned out to be much like my earlier one this summer – a one-day visit to the Sierra Foothills. And, lke that July trip...(...more)

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COVERING WINE TRAVELS AND TASTINGS FOR 30 YEARS !

COVERING WINE TRAVELS AND TASTINGS FOR
30 YEARS !