This year we kicked off our New Year with a visit to the Temecula Valley with tastings at both old and new wineries. The valley has gone through a tremendous resurgence coming out of a very flat economic period during the Great Recession. Properties were exchanged, new owners emerged and production began to uptick from …
Auclair Winery: Woodinville, Yet Distinctly Red Mountain
If wine has a “ground zero” of start-ups and viticulture entrepreneurial spirit, the small to mid-size businesses that make of the Woodinville (Washington) Warehouse District might just be the place. Here you will find wine makers of all types, backgrounds, and interests – all focused on the AVAs of Washington State – within an eat …
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Brunch with the Count of Buena Vista
A couple of weeks ago we had the great fortune to tag a weekend in Napa and Sonoma onto a planned business trip. One of the highlights of the weekend was our brunch time cave tasting at the Buena Vista Winery. We channeled the spirit of the Count of Buena Vista, his many stories, and the …
Something special growing in Red Mountain
A few weeks ago I was with my uncle who has been one of my most formidable wine influences in my lifetime of seeing, swirling, smelling and sipping. Whenever I ask him to tell me what we are about to drink he says with a bit of a twinkle in his eye, "you tell me." …
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