by Heather Lipp | Nov 3, 2018 | Recommendations, Travel
The 10K Bottles Travel Recommendations are wine guides and services we have personally used and recommend. These recommendations are based on the excellence in the service they provide, the quality of the itineraries they put together, and the outright awesomeness of...
by Heather Lipp | Nov 27, 2016 | Recommendations, Uncategorized
If you have a wine lover in your life and want to give them an insanely great gift for Christmas, Hanukkah, or some other occasion, then this is the blog for you. First off, skip the musical wine glasses and automatic wine bottle openers. Forget the kitschy...
by Heather Lipp | Jun 14, 2016 | Advice, Millennial Cult Wine, Recommendations, Uncategorized, Winery Review
Sometimes in your life you taste, and perhaps more importantly experience, a wine that you just know is something special. Standing in the vineyard at the bottom of Howell Mountain in Napa Valley, staring at the tiny half-acre plot of vines, I asked the wine growers /...
by Heather Lipp | May 25, 2016 | Advice, Recommendations, Uncategorized
With Memorial Day right around the corner I thought it appropriate to write a blog post on something a little more than just wine. As I mentioned is my previous blog post, Why the Story Behind the Wine Matters, I believe that the stories behind the winemaker and the...
by Heather Lipp | May 9, 2016 | Advice, Recommendations, Uncategorized
What is a cult wine? If you want more than the typical flippant answer – it’s a wine you cannot afford – here goes how I would explain what makes a cult wine. This explanation is best described by a story about a friend of ours. Our good friend, Steve Carpenter,...
by Heather Lipp | Apr 20, 2016 | Recommendations, Uncategorized
As you may recall from my blog post Looking For a Club You Can Drink Your Way Into?, my New Year’s resolution was to reach Century Club status by the end of 2016. You’re admitted into the Century Club if you’ve tried at least 100 different grape varietals. When I...
