Around here we never feel like we need an excuse to throw a party. But let’s face it, this time of year is SERIOUS Party Time! So this Friday, November 29, we’ve put together a tasting featuring 7 great party …
It is our custom during the holiday season to create an opportunity for you to taste extraordinary wines. Some call these “Big Gun” wines. Others use the term “Top Shelf.” Still others might use words like prestige, premium, or “Oh …
The following Thanksgiving story may or may not be true. We’ll let historians debate that. But it is definitely ridiculous… A long time ago, like around 1922 or so, a bunch of folks from England decided to set out for …
The start of November usually means our nights and mornings get chillier, even here in this beautiful part of the world. Which makes a hearty red sound pretty good. And if one hearty red is good, SEVEN of them is …
You know how we are, and don’t say you don’t. You know we never stop looking for great new wines. You know we keep our palates to the proverbial grindstone, endlessly tasting and evaluating. And you also know we keep …
As a family operation ourselves, we have a particular fondness for family-oriented wineries and wine companies. Foley Family Wines is one such company. While they are certainly not “mom and pop” in size, their goal is to produce handmade, highly …
This Friday, October 11th we invite you to partake of seven wonderful wines of Spain! We find ourselves returning to the land of bullfights and tapas at least a couple times a year. The wines are SO good and represent …
In 2006 something quite special happened in Australia. Husband and wife Sparky and Sarah Marquis – with $17 in the bank – started a new wine brand called Mollydooker. Their motto: “We make wines that make people go WOW, through …
Pinot Noir. More difficult to pronounce than “black pine,” which is its English translation. But “Pinot Noir” sounds much more romantic, doesn’t it? Like a midnight rendezvous with a long-lost lover on the Pont Neuf in Paris. More mysterious, like …
Paso Robles is home to over 30,000 people, close to 200 wineries, and thousands of wines. We don’t have time this Friday, September 20th to show you every single one. But we’re set to pour 7 pretty good ones! This …