Articles: Tasting Wine Country

  • Discovering Healdsburg

    Posted: May 22, 2007

    When one lives so close to fantastic sites and places, it's easy to brush off the idea push plans to "maybe next weekend". Living in the San Francisco Bay Area has many perks and being overwhelmed by choice is easy.Healdsburg in Sonoma is a quaint town 2 hours drive from San...

  • Discovering Sparkling Wines to Avoid Shopping

    Posted: Sep 18, 2004

    To try a change of pace and explore wine country, we opted to try our taste buds with sparkeling wines- a first for both of us. With little experience drinking this bubbly wine, we figured it would be fun and educational for us to find which style we enjoyed more. We kept it...

  • Some Surprises and Dissapointment in Rutherford

    Posted: Dec 11, 2004

    Another trip through Napa poses unique results when we taste our way through what we believed was to be an incredible day of fine wine to be enjoyed. While the day didn't let us down in the end, it started off horribly off track from our hopes. Naturally, any trip to Napa is...

  • Wine Spree Brings Excuse To Taste The Valley

    Posted: Nov 20, 2004

    About this time of year while most families are gearing up for holiday shopping, my family gathers for a trip to Bottle Barn; our favorite retailer that offers the best values around. But of course, a trip into Sonoma Valley isn't complete without stopping at a few wineries ...

  • Touring Sonoma With No Set Plans

    Posted: Oct 30, 2004

    My neighbor and wine buddy, Scott asked me if I wanted to join him on a trip to Sonoma to pick up some Pinot Noir from Joseph Swan Winery. As if there were multiple answers to such a question? Since Scott recently purchased a new car a couple days prior, he was in good spiri...

  • Celebrating Columbus Day Californian-Style

    Posted: Oct 8, 2004

    For whatever reason, my company had the day off recognizing Columbus Day. Without questions, I immediatly planned a trip up to Napa to enjoy the afternoon like a good California. To keep things simple the plan was to capitalize on our Chandon Club Membership and visit one ne...

  • From St. Helena to Calistoga, Impressions Are Made

    Posted: Aug 13, 2004

    My recent journey through wine country took me from St. Helena to Calistoga. I found both sides of the spectrum; from an experience to remember to an experience I'd rather forget. We tasted some incredible wines touring wineries including the incredible Neyers Vineyards, Two...

  • Exploring Napa Wine Country: Part II

    Posted: Jul 10, 2004

    In the never ending quest of attempting to find spectacular Cabernet without breaking my bank account, it was time to journey back into the heart of wine country and try a few more wineries. Our findings left us both astonished and disappointed at the same time. This time ar...

  • Exploring Napa Wine Country

    Posted: Jun 19, 2004

    In search of some of Napa Valley's finest Cabernet, the O'Donnell men head up to the heart of Napa Valley to discover them first hand. We found some incredible wines and some outrageous rituals but still fell in love with our new discoveries and the Valley as a whole. Our tr...

  • Wine Tasting Around the Santa Cruz Mountains

    Posted: Mar 20, 2004

    With the afternoon to enjoy in the valley, we decided to taste around the Santa Cruz Mountains at a few wineries to see they had to offer. What a day it became visitng Ridge, Picchetti, and Cooper-Garrod. It had been about a week since my last wine adventure. It felt like a ...

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