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Steven Spurrier Santa Barbara County Wine Tasting

June 30, 2014 – 11:16 am

One of our highlights while in Santa Barbara County was a wine tasting with Steven Spurrier. In the United States wine trade, Spurrier is noted for organizing the 1976 blind wine tasting in Paris where a California Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon scored higher than prestigious producers from Burgundy and Bordeaux. That singular event put California […]

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First Impressions of Santa Barbara

June 25, 2014 – 10:02 am

After a five and a half hour flight from Washington Dulles and a two-hour drive from LAX to Santa Barbara, we were ready for some wine and winery visits. What will we find as we explore the wine regions and wineries of Santa Barbara County? What will the weather reveal? Will we like the wines? […]

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Reflections on Lake County

June 23, 2014 – 9:49 am

The focus on this week’s California Wine Appellation Specialist’s class is Lake County and the Sierra Foothills. I am taking the online version of the class through the San Francisco Wine School. Kathy and I have been to Lake County twice to visit wineries and vineyards. Our first trip was in October of 2009 and […]

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CWAS Homework: Napa

June 20, 2014 – 7:30 am

I had previously selected the wines to taste for the second week of the California Wine Appellation Specialist program at the San Francisco Wine School when my instructor threw a curve. One of the wines had to be similar to one of the wines I wrote about the previous week from Mendocino County. Since the […]

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Reflections on Napa

June 16, 2014 – 7:28 am

The focus on this week’s California Wine Appellation Specialist’s class is Napa. I am taking the online version of the class through the San Francisco Wine School. Our wine journey included several trips to wineries in Napa Valley. Many of the winery visits are memorable.  Those include well known wineries as well as hidden gems.  […]

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Reflections on Napa, Caymus

June 14, 2014 – 8:31 am

I am starting my second week of the CWAS (California Wine Appellation Specialist) program through the San Francisco Wine School a bit early. Our next class focuses on Napa. The online version of the class begins on Monday. My early start, though, is to help celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Caymus, a Napa winery that […]

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Mendocino Wines Homework

June 13, 2014 – 2:51 pm

One of the best parts of taking an online wine class is homework. At least the homework for the California Wine Appellation Specialist course offered through the San Francisco Wine School. Homework includes tasting wines from a region in California. For eight weeks, we will learn about different wine regions. This week, the emphasis was […]

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Reflections on Mendocino

June 11, 2014 – 6:19 am

I just started an online wine course through San Francisco Wine School. The nine-week course is a program for the California Wine Appellation Specialist. It covers eight California regions, the appellations in those areas and of course wines from those areas. Our first class focused on Mendocino. As I read the course content, I recalled […]

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Tasting Room Etiquette

June 3, 2014 – 9:29 am

Now that the weather has warmed up, wine enthusiasts can search out local wineries to visit as well as travel to wine regions. When visiting a winery or vineyard tasting room, do not expect a bar scene. There is a decorum and etiquette to follow. We wrote an article about tasting room etiquette in 2007. […]

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I Magredi 2011 Refosco

May 30, 2014 – 8:12 am

We opened a 2011 Refosco from I Magredi to pair with our dinner last evening. This red wine from the Friuli region of Italy was made from the Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso grape. This is the most widely planted variant of the Refoschi family of grapes in Northern Italy. The dal Peduncolo Rosso refers to […]

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