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Sparkling Wine + Food Dye = Halloween Wine

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Stickers & Nail Polish: Working (Wo)Man’s Guide to Coding Wine Cellar

The other day I was doing a tasting down at Scheid’s Wine Lounge on Cannery Row with a friend of mine. We struck up a conversation about how to store and catalogue our wine collection. Keep in mind that I’m … Continue reading

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Harvest 101: McIntyre Walking Tour

Just added to the October Calendar of Events. Sat. Oct. 1: Harvest 101, McIntyre Vineyards walking tour, Santa Lucia Highlands near Gonzales, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm. Join Steve McIntyre Saturday morning on a walking tour of the vineyards and … Continue reading

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Wine Quote for the Day

The more you taste, the more you taste. I read somewhere that you only really start to develope your pallet after having tasted 1000+ wines.  It good to set goals.

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Deductive Tasting 101

Wine tasting is, I’ve always thought, a rather fuzzy business. What one person tastes can be very different from that of another.  A friend of mine stumbled across a gem of a find used to certify master sommoliers. This is the 2009 Sommolier … Continue reading

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Wine Geek Checklist

Saw this on the Wandering Wino Blog. Love it: You might be a wine geek if….. • You have a wine map in your car • You have a wine barrel for no apparent reason • You are on a … Continue reading

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