How to Help After The Sonoma Fires
As of this writing, the fires in Sonoma are still raging strong. As a result of the fast moving fires due to dry conditions and strong winds, hundreds of thousands have been evacuated, thousands of acres have been torched, and homes, businesses and wineries (Soda Rock 🙁 ) have been damaged or lost. When devastation hits a region like this, many of us wonder, ‘how can I help?’
4 Steps to Building THE PERFECT Wine Tasting Itinerary
Do you have a wine country trip coming up and don't know where to go? Have you had terrible tasting experiences before because you randomly selected wineries on a map? Are you confused and overwhelmed by the process of developing a targeted list of wineries to visit?...
How Old Can You Go?
As we became more and more obsessed with wine, we began discovering older wines – wines from the years we were born (for the record, we are not that old…), and wines from famous old vintages (for example 1961). Wine is magical – is there any other substance you would willingly consume that was made in the 1960s?
Why We Are Wine Critic Atheists
We’ve written several blogs already on our skepticism of wine critics – from wrong predictions on how certain wines would hold up over the ensuing decades to the unreliability of the 100 point wine scores. But, I think it’s time we face up to the disturbing truth, wine critic scores have no correlation with reality.
Is There Apple Juice in My Wine?
We are extremely excited to announce that our first wine book is now available to purchase! The Amazon page for this book (where it’s available in both paperback and Kindle), is finally here. Very very soon, it will also be available on Audiobook (stay tuned!).
