Winexpression

The Mondavi brothers, Peter and Robert, have decided to make wine together once again. The Barrel of wine, named “Ancora Una Volta”, or “Once Again”, will be auctioned off at this years Napa Valley Wine Auction as lot #414. The wine is made with grapes from both brothers vineyards. After a couple lunches with the […]

All they want to do is use the word Napa on a bottle of wine that doesn’t have any juice from Napa in it, is that so wrong? Unfortunately, us ad impressionable Americans are sometimes duped into buying products that say one thing, but really have nothing to do with that one thing. At least […]

I’ve had Blanc De Noir, Blanc De Blanc, and Rose Sparkling wine before, but never have I tried or seen a RED Sparkling wine. Germans make jokes about it, Australians embrace it, and some people collect it, but this article from the Chronicle sheds some light on it. In Australia, it’s a common sight. Made […]

or “Not in my Backyard”, is the call going out in Napa and Sonoma Counties on T.V. and in print, to raise awareness on the Glassy Winged Sharpshooter. I posted a story in March about the pest being spotted on some cuttings from southern California. Grape growers are being asked by paper ballot to continue […]

Summers here, (almost), time to fire up the grill and get the summer glassware out. There’s just something relaxing about enjoying a summer Bar-B-Que with friends and family and some pleasant wine. A press release by wineanswers does a nice job pairing the basic grilled items of summer with appetizing wines. Sausage with a Beaujolais, […]

That’s right, Vince Neil from Motley Crue is starting his own winery, Vince Vineyards. The wines will begin with a 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, and a 2003 Sonoma County Chardonnay, produced by John Ott, who recently purchased Alder Fels winery in Santa Rosa. Vince joins a growing list of celebrities like Raymond Burr, Mario Andretti, Francis […]

This is the weekend for the Paso Robles Wine Festival. What can you expect? Aside from the over 300 wines offered will be food, music, and tourists. If you do plan on going, make your way over to the Linne Calodo, Tablas Creek, L’Aventure, and Turley booths, as these are some of my favorites from […]

According to this article by the Chronicle’s Cyril Penn, a study of those willing to spend more than $15 on a bottle of wine wanted it to have big fruit characteristics.
The study involved 307 people who drink wine regularly, who were compared with a subset of 79 “high-end” consumers, who frequently buy red wines priced […]

or so it goes, as that is the new slogan from the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC) will be pitched around the world as Australia tries to solidify itself on top of the Globally mounting pile of excess wine. The Fourth place ribbon goes to Australia for being the world’s biggest wine exporter, behind […]

I was listening to talk radio on my way into work this morning, and I heard a different slant on Monday’s supreme court ruling on the Armstrong and Getty Program. ‘Who Cares, This doesn’t effect me.’
Will, to us Californians that is partially true if we aren’t in the wine industry, but to a lot of […]