Verbiage About Wine
Wines By The Glass Suck (well, not really) . . .
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I had fun reading the latest blog post from Matt Kramer over at the Wine Spectator. He talks about three different things the wine industry doesn’t want you to know about . . . and the first topic deals with the economics of wines by the glass and order cialis online no prescription w cialis Read more…
It's Been Too Long
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It’s What’s Inside The Bottle (or Tasting Room) That Counts . . .
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SB County Vintner's Festival – Yep, It's THAT Time Again . . . .
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Well, there’s been no frost since my last post – all of three days ago! – but we’ll take it thus far! I’m excited about this weekend’s Santa Barbara County Vintner’s Festival, the annual Spring get together of the 100+ wineries that are members of this association (and hopefully we’ll add the others in our Read more…
Mother Nature Once Again
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One Headlight . . . and a Beautiful Week
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Driving to work this morning, I noticed that I was not able to see the road as clearly as I should . . . and then noticed that one of my headlights had burned out. Not a big deal, except when you drive around early morning and late night hours like I do. No biggee Read more…
2010 Harvest – TIME OUT!
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So here we sit, more than half way through October, and I truly have no idea how to describe the current harvest other than to say that it is the strangest, wackiest, least predictable, most $$!!@@@!!! harvest on record!!!!
A Drive By Sip and Spit . . .
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I read a wonderful article this morning in today’s Santa Barbara News Press entitled Tercero Wines – An Anatomy of a Drive-By Sip and Spit. The article was written by Dennis Schaefer, who has followed Santa Barbara County wines and wineries for quite some time. The article addressed our recent scores from Robert Parker in Read more…
2010 SB County Celebration of Harvest Festival
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As many of you know, I am quite the ‘homer’ for the Santa Barbara County area and all things wine-related here. Putting my time and energy into this, I am now the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Santa Barbara County Vintner’s Association, which has well over 125 winery and vineyard members. Read more…
