Category: Wineries

  • Exploring the wines and region of Lodi, California

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    On Sunday I’ll be heading to Lodi, California, thanks to Snooth and the Wines of Lodi, California, with 5 other bloggers. We’ll be exploring Lodi and her wines, visiting several wineries and restaurants and also participating with Gregory dal Piaz in the Snooth Virtual Tasting of four Lodi wines on Wednesday evening. A few Lodi…

  • Gingerbread Winery– King Estate

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    It seems that King Estate in Oregon is definitely getting into the holiday spirit. Check out this time lapse video of the King Estate pastry chef building a 4 foot long x 2 foot wide gingerbread repica of the winery: And yes, that is what the winery looks like, although without all that candy… but…

  • King Estate Winery in Eugene, Oregon

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    Last week at this time I was giggling with sheer joy, amazed at the beauty that surrounded me and drunk with what I can only describe as the rock star treatment. And this is before I even opened the first bottle of wine. Let me bring you up to date. I was in Eugene, Oregon,…

  • Tricia Renshaw of Fox Run Vineyards in the Finger Lakes

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    Before we get too far into today’s post I have a confession to make: I am not so good at identifying flavors in wine. I know that I like a wine or that I don’t like a wine and I’m getting better at figuring out why, but, for the most part, I am awful at…

  • Anthony Road Wine Company

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    After reading Summer in a Glass: The Coming of Age of Winemaking in the Finger Lakes, I knew a trip to the Finger Lakes would not be complete without a stop at Anthony Road Wine Company.  I was delighted when the owners, John and Ann Martini, as well as their winemaker, Johannes Reinhardt, all agreed…

  • Behind the Scenes at Crush with Pomum Cellars

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    This month I had the opportunity to work behind-the-scenes for a few days with Javier Alfonso, owner, winemaker and chief janitor (his words) of Pomum Cellars in Washington state. I helped check on the grapes, met with the farmers, brought grapes back to the winery for processing, hand sorted, crushed, did a lot of rinsing…

  • Behind the Scenes Winemaking: Pomum Cellars

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      I’ve been in Washington state for the past few days, volunteering as a winemaker’s assistant for Pomum Cellars, based in Woodinville. I’ve been checking on the grapes growing at the vineyards in the Yakima Valley, collected grapes that have been harvested and I have hand-sorted, crushed and pressed the grapes. And I have cleaned…