‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Alfred Lord Tennyson We opened and drank our last bottle of Windy Oaks Estate 2001 Pinot Noir, Proprietor’s Reserve, Santa Cruz Mountains, Schultze Family Vineyard last night. We went out to dinner locally, Café Esin in Danville, and brought our last […]
We went up to the Russian River and Dry Creek Valley area in late October to see the kids and grandkids, and check on the 2014 harvest. That weekend was the end of harvest for Winemaker B, and he was taking a few days off. We went to Armida anyway, to show my cousin the […]
New Year’s Eve is always interesting for the food and wine choices. Champagne is a staple, but what else? This year Lori and I spent New Year’s Eve in Santa Cruz. Actually, we spent the whole week in Santa Cruz, and it was great. We haven’t relaxed that much in a while. We saw […]
ViciVino.com was very fortunate to receive two complementary tickets to the 2011 Winter Wineland Weekend. This is a weekend in which over 140 wineries in the Russian River Region, from Santa Rosa through Russian River Valley, Alexander Valley, Healdsburg and Dry Creek Valley get together to let wine lovers experience the different wineries. The theme […]
Last weekend Larry and I went up north to Santa Rosa to attend the annual Winter Wineland event in the Russian River wine region. Over 140 wineries were participating and the Wine Road of Northern Sonoma County comp’ed us two tickets. We started out on Saturday morning and drove straight to Martin Ray Winery to […]
Last Sunday Larry and I went to Pinot Days 2010. It was held at Fort Mason in San Francisco. This was the 6th annual event here and it looks like there will be one this November in Chicago and another one in Southern California in January 2011. This event is put on by Bay Area […]