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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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Robert Mondavi Private Selection Wines and “Not Exactly Real” Videos

June 21, 2014 – 9:00 am

Bert Merlott is a fictitious character with high snobbish mannerisms that plays in contrast to the “real” of Robert Mondavi Private Selection wines.

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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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A Celebration of Caymus’s 40th Anniversary

June 15, 2014 – 9:57 am

Today the Wagner Family of Wine includes Caymus, Mer Soleil, Conundrum, Belle Glos and Emmolo. This portfolio of wineries began with the start of Caymus in 1972.

On Saturday, June 14, we participated in a tasting of Caymus 40th anniversary wine with other wine writers around the country who joined in a twitter tasting and a webcast at Caymus in Napa Valley. The webcast of 1.5 hours took place in the barrel room.

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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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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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GeorgianDC Celebrates with Picnic

May 25, 2014 – 3:10 pm

Yesterday was the 1st GeorgianDC picnic. The day was perfect along the Potomac River with a light breeze, sporadic fluffy clouds and warm temperatures.

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Chardonnay Day: the International Grape

May 22, 2014 – 8:04 am

Chardonnay is one of many international grapes grown throughout the world. Even our trip to the country Georgia, that has strong ties to indigenous vitas vinifera, we found some vineyards growing Chardonnay. We have walked in Chardonnay vineyards in Europe, North America and Oceania. Here are some photos of the grape during the growing season. […]

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Visit Wisconsin’s Door County Wine Trail this Weekend!

May 15, 2014 – 1:27 pm

The Door County Wine Trail has eight participating wineries. This weekend these wineries are participating in the Door County Wine Trail Weekend.

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