Michael Perlis
Perlis Picks: Stone Edge Farm Estate Vineyards and Winery
Let me make this perfectly clear: I have nothing against Cabernet Sauvignon. While our own personal wine journey has taken us primarily down the Zinfandel and Rhone paths, we definitely recognize Cabernet’s place in the pantheon of great wine grapes. Most of our wine trips tend to focus on our favorite varietals, but we have…
Perlis Picks: Zialena
An Irishman, an Israeli and a Korean walk into a tasting room. While this may sound like the opening line of a bad joke it is actually how I found out about Zialena. The Irishman and his Israeli wife are friends of ours. online pharmacy https://www.sterlingchiropractortherapy.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentythree/parts/html/neurontin.html no prescription They were visiting Sonoma County with their friend,…
Perlis Picks: Marietta Cellars
Recently, I wrote an article about Sam Bilbro’s Idlewild Wines. In the past, I’ve written about Jake Bilbro’s Limerick Lane Winery. But to truly attempt to grasp the influence of the Bilbro family on Sonoma County – indeed California – wine, one really needs to go back to where it started: Marietta Cellars. Chris Bilbro, patriarch…
Perlis Picks: Idlewild
It is hard to talk about wine in Sonoma County without the name Bilbro coming up. I’ve written more than once about Jake Bilbro and the outstanding wines that he is making at Limerick Lane. Did you know that two other Bilbro brothers also make wine? One of them is Scot, who is carrying on…
Perlis Picks: Jaxon Keys Winery
Karen and I were planning to revisit Santa Rosa / Sonoma County just a little over a year removed from our last ill-fated visit. While working on scheduling appointments, I started thinking that maybe last time turned out the way it did because we were somehow being punished for not visiting our good friend and…
The Passing of Kent Rosenblum
Kent Rosenblum passed away on September 5th, 2018. Before there were the current big three of Turley, Carlisle and Bedrock [or whoever your favorite Zinfandel producers might currently be], there were the three Rs of Zinfandel: Rosenblum, Ravenswood and Ridge. Kent Rosenblum of Rosenblum Cellars, Joel Peterson of Ravenswood and Paul Draper of Ridge Vineyards…
Perlis Picks: Hoyt Family Vineyards
Have you heard of tiny houses? There’ve been a few television shows about them. My wife Karen occasionally watches them and I’ll sometimes lift my head up from wine-related Facebook conversations to see what’s up. Basically, people downsize to a minimum level of possessions and space requirements in order to live in very small residences,…
PERLIS PICKS: THE GARAGISTE FESTIVAL [Part Two]
Last week I gave you an introduction to the latest Garagiste Festival held in Santa Monica. Here now are some comments about the wines Karen and I enjoyed. Ascension Cellars – winemaker Erick Allen continues to make consistently high quality wines from Paso Robles grapes. Primarily Rhone varietals, my favorites were the 2017 Siren Rose,…
PERLIS PICKS THE GARAGISTE FESTIVAL: URBAN EXPOSURE [Part One]
Saturday, July 21st was a great day that ended on a very sad note. Karen and I had a wonderful time at the latest incarnation of The Garagiste Festival: Urban Exposure in Santa Monica and followed that with an early dinner at one of our new favorite restaurants, Lunetta, also in Santa Monica. By the…