Second Half 2020 Sample Roundup
January 10, 2021
It’s sample time and I never knew what a challenge these would be in the time of
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Category: rosé
Sips with Soul: A Live Tasting
August 16, 2020
Last Friday, the San Francisco Wine School gathered some of the top black Winemakers/Winery Owners, paired with
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Best Samples for 2020 – To Date
June 28, 2020
Best Samples for 2020 Today’s sample column evaluates 69 of the 128 wines that I’ve tasted over the past
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Bibiana Gonzalez Rave and Jeff Pisoni: Power Couple in Wine
May 2, 2020
Bibiana Gonzalez Rave and Jeff Pisoni, Courtesy of Alma de Cattleya Bibiana Gonzalez Rave and Jeff Pisoni, the
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Fathers & Daughters Cellars: Generations of Fathers, Daughters and Wine
February 9, 2020
Sarah, Guy and Ella Pacurar As a mom to a 14-year-old daughter, I love the special bond that she
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Sonoma County: Ready for Tourism Today
January 18, 2020
The smoke and images were powerful and devastating but did not tell the complete story of what was happening
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Uncovering the Differences in Willamette Valley Pinot Noir AVA by AVA
October 13, 2019
The Willamette Valley is a region that is planted with 80 percent Pinot Noir grapes and because of
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Six Months of Wine Samples: A Summation of My Favorites
September 29, 2019
Six Months of Wine Samples: A Summation of My Favorites It’s sample write-up time again and I held off longer
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TEXSOM: A Discussion of Rosé Wines – Are They Meant To Be Aged?
September 22, 2019
MW Sheri Morano and MW Mary Gorman-McAdams My Third TEXSOM conference Masters of Wine Mary Gorman-McAdams
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August 17, 2019
Rob Barney, Vintner, Stressed Vines For Rob Barney, Stressed Vines’ Vintner, drinking wine was once a “safe label” choice. He
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My name is Melanie Ofenloch and I have a philosophy–no wine snobs allowed. I don’t consider myself a wine expert – just an everyday person with a love for the grape.
