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Napa Valley dodged a bullet this week. Were it not for the brave representatives of the people on the Board of Supervisors who resisted the call to allow dirty commercialism to infest this bucolic agricultural paradise, it's quite likely the beautiful grapes you see carpeting the Valley would soon be replaced by wedding chapels and limos filled with with off-the-rack tuxedo-wearing marauders. Worse yet, had the board of supervisors not voted to keep weddings out of Napa Valley wineries, this…
If it's not the most successful or the most expensive consumer promotion by an American winery, it must be the best administered national promotion by a winery. Sutter Home's "Build A Better Burger" promotion is really a sight to behold. Since 1990 Sutter Home, producer of modestly priced wines of the sort that fulfill the drinking ambitions of the majority of American wine drinkers who understand burgers as a staple of culinary aptitude, has delivered a promotion that is perfectly…
There are roughly five spaces still available for the 2010 North American Wine Bloggers Conference from the 300 that were originally available. What does this mean? It means a number of things, not the least of which is that this conference, now in its 3rd year, is attracting numerous people who take their wine blog very seriously, but also others who are serious about learning about wine blogging and the wine blogging world. Why in the world is this the…
It's practically an annual affair: W.R. Tish's annual April Fools Parody of all things wine. If Randall Grahm is the Court Jester of the American wine world, then W.R. Tish is its Jon Stewart. This year, Tish presents: "The Daily Feast" You may recognize a few names, find familiar fodder for parody and laugh like it's April 1st. Tish was even kind enough to include me in his annual joke. I'm honored. I think….
It may come as a surprise to many of you, but if you come to the town of Sonoma there is no law against getting a cocktail instead of a glass of wine. In fact, lo and behold, there are actually a number of fine drinking establishments located on or around the famed Sonoma Plaza where you can belly up to the bar. And yet I could find no reference on where one might go in Sonoma to get a…
