Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
I don’t think any other growing region in California has so purposely gone out of its way to associate its climate and soils with particular varietals as the Anderson Valley and its wineries. A few years ago, making the point that Anderson Valley was a source for unique and distinctive Pinot Noir, the Anderson Valley Winegrowers Association created the "Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival. It’s a very good event largely because the Pinots from the region are so damn good…
I know it sounds strange, but it strikes me that the age of new technologies, "the communications age" if you will, seems to have had a fairly small impact in the wine industry. Yes, there is the annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium, but in general the convergence of technology and wine seems very much in the background. This makes sense, in a way. Wine is still and likely always will be an agricultural based pursuit. When folks talk about wine,…
My wife and I drove down to San Francisco yesterday to attend the Wine & Spirit’s Magazine Top 100 tasting at the Galleria at thet San Francisco Design Center. It was the one of the very best tastings I’ve been to in a long time. While I do enjoy the Family Winemakers of California and ZAP tasting, I really need to gear up for them. They are BIG…big in a way you need to really suit up and prepare to…
My neck of the woods is generally a fairly quiet little place. Glen Ellen in Sonoma Valley is off of Highway 29, the major road tht runs down the center of Sonoma Valley. Despite the tourism that is year round, Glen Ellen tends to be a locals’ dominate village. That changes one weekend per year. This last weekend to be specific. 5000 folks descended upon Glen Ellen, more specifically to BR Cohn Winery to hear the annual concert that Bruce…
I got to Bucklin’s Old Hill Ranch this morning around 7:50am. They were finishing up the harvest of this 150 year old, dry farmed, organic vineyard that was begun yesterday. I was the last to arrive. Will Bucklin, vineyard consultant Phil Cotturi and the harvest crew were already well into it. This is one of the more difficult vineyards to harvest. It is comprised of about 75% Zinfandel vines with the other vines made up of 25 different varieties…all inter-spaced…
