The first stop of the day isn’t always the best, but at Rocca Family Vineyards it proved to be. Though we (traveling with pal Claudia Sheridan) thought we may have taken a wrong turn as the quaint home didn’t have a tasting room sign, it was the right address and once through the front doors…
“I met you on Facebook Day One I think and couldn’t believe you came to my home for a church fundraiser, albeit a single malt Scotch tasting, without ever having met. Since then I have enjoyed meeting with you, and your husband John Dickey, at numerous “wine-y” adventures. We’re both wine bloggers passionate about the…
A wine tasting in Napa needs two things to be successful much like a wine tasting in any winery region: great wine paired with a great wine tasting room experience. If you step into a tasting room only to be ignored as it’s too crowded at the bar you are left to your own devices….
60+ Wineries Partner with Top Sonoma County Restaurants in New Cross-Industry Initiative HEALDSBURG, Calif.–Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley is doubling down on its efforts to entice wine and food lovers to visit, launching a pioneering partnership between 60-plus area wineries and the region’s top restaurants. Launching September 1st, the so-called “Culinary Cooperative” is the brainchild…
The beauty of Paso Robles lies deep within its roots. Most people think that it is a community for wine lovers but it goes much deeper than that. This adventure was shared with Larry and Gloria Stahly, Robert Schwemmer, Desiree Thatch and of course my lovely wife and birthday girl, Tracy. This trip was planned…
HALL Wines, a premier portfolio of luxury wineries and tasting rooms located in Napa Valley, has been awarded LEED® Gold Certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council for its HALL St. Helena modern Tasting Room and high-tech Production Facility. This accolade is the second LEED® Gold award for the HALL Wines St. Helena property…
140+ Wineries Are Set to Host Individual Events October 17 – 19, 2014 in Wine Enthusiast’s Wine Region of the Year Harvest in Paso Robles Wine Country is a time of excitement and anticipation shared by winemakers, growers, and tasting room staff alike. It is the culmination of a successful year of hard work and…
Paso Robles, CA— Vina Robles Vineyards & Winery will soon debut its new Signature Club Lounge at their Hospitality Center off Highway 46 East in Paso Robles, California. The Club Lounge will be an addition within the winery’s existing 14,000 square foot Hospitality Center that opened in July of 2007 and features a tasting room,…
For our latest trip to Paso Robles, my wife Karen told me that we really need to go to some new places. She opined that my readers were probably getting tired of reading about the same wineries over and over. Admittedly, I am a creature of habit, but I suspect her admonition was inspired as…
The last time we visited Tobin James Cellars www.tobinjames.com was in 2012, when I had a great conversation with Toby that I wrote about here: http://evewine101.com/2012/07/07/michael-perlis-reports-tobin-james-cellars/ We’ve visited Paso Robles a few times since, but with so much going on there all the time, we had not stopped in to the always busy and fun…