Archive for the ‘Wine Places’ Category
I don't want to tell you how much time I've spent playing with GoogleEarth and GoogleMaps. It's one of the most amazing timesucks on the Internet. However, I'm pretty sure I've not spent as much time with this enormous source of geo-information as Daniel Opalacz, the creator of Vinosum.com Suppose you wanted to know what vineyards Siduri uses to source grapes for their single vineyards wines. Vinosum. Suppose you wanted a mapped out display of Syrah vineyards in Santa Barbara…
As reported by Dr. Vino, California’s Sea Smoke Cellars out of Santa Rita Hills has placed the following wording on six of their 2009 vintage labels and on one 2008 Sparkling Wine label: “CALIFORNIA GRAND CRU” This is, in my mind, the most audacious packaging move I’ve ever seen a California wine ever make. According to the good Dr., Sea Smoke explained its unique new labeling message by referencing a March 2008 blog post at the WineSpectator.com in which Jim…
I'm been thinking a lot about Time Travel of late. I've determined that it isn't possible. But a curious mind's best reaction to "it isn't possible" really must be "the next best thing". Having what I like to think of as a curious mind, I got to thinking, maybe old wine is the next best thing to traveling in time. At first glance, this line of reasoning seems promising. Assuming the wine is relatively undisturbed since its bottling, what you…
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL WINERY BUILT IN THE LODI REGION AND WHAT YEAR WAS IT BUILT? The first person to answer this question correctly will receive two tickets to LODI'S TREASURE ISLAND WINE FEST taking place Saturday, October 8, 2011, 1pm – 5pm, at the Pavilion By The Bay on Treasure Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay (very cool setting!!) The folks organaizing the event were kind enough to send me two tickets…
A "Blue Law" is a local civil law meant to enforce religious standards and principles. In the United States the most common form of the Blue Law is a legal prohibition on the sale of alcohol on Sunday, the Christian Sabbath. One usually finds such laws in the region of the U.S. called the Bible Belt…like Georgia. On November 8th more than 101 Georgia Municipalities will vote to determine whether to keep in place primarily one type of blue law…
