I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Steve and Valerie Andrews from Oak Mountain & Temecula Creek. They were some of the first winery folk we met way before we...
WINEormous began as a concept. It would be a blog with stories focusing on wineries and the people who make them run - owners, winemakers, pourers, folks on the bottling line, all of them.
It's been a hell of a year. Until early May, I was selling real estate, or at least attempting to. In March, my then fiancée, now bride, Laura and I spent the w...
Our three day visit to the Napa Valley was simply magical. We wound up our road trip on Halloween and kicked off the morning with a visit to the historic Chatea...
It had been more than a few months since I last visited Ponte Winery. I stopped by last week for a tasting, lunch and a visit with Winemaker Robert Cartwright. ...
I think it bears noting that when friends shared a bottle of Rombauer's '05 Zin with me a few years ago, it reawakened my passion for wine. It's still one of my favorites. While we waited for K.R. Rombauer, we tasted superb Chardonnay and Zinfandel and got acquainted with Moose.
"This is not garage wine-making anymore. This isn't amateur hour anymore." Don Reha doesn't pull any punches. He doesn't worry about being politically correct. ...
After two wonderful days in the Santa Ynez Valley, we found ourselves back in one of our very favorite spots... Paso Robles. It's beginning to feel like a home ...
It can easily be argued that Sideways changed the wine industry. I can tell you for a fact it's changed visiting the Santa Ynez Valley. We began our road trip h...