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Wow, almost 100 wineries added to this site!

Posted on 10 September, 2010 by Jim Preston

It has been a busy summer for the Wine Questers team. We’ve added almost 100 wineries to our database and maps for Temecula, Santa Barbara County, and Paso Robles. We added 34 in Santa Barbara County by branching out from … Continue reading →

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San Francisco wine tasting adventure

Posted on 9 April, 2009 by Jim Preston

Last Friday April 2 at 6 PM Katya and I hosted a Wine Questers SF Urban Meetup at the Winery Collective in SF near Fisherman’s Wharf.  Attendance was not outstanding, only 6 of us, but the conversation and wines were … Continue reading →

Posted in California, San Francisco Bay Area, Wine Questers picnics, Wines | Tagged San Francisco, Wattle Creek, Winery Collective

San Francisco urban wineries!

Posted on 19 January, 2009 by Jim Preston

On Saturday January 10th about 60 wine questers met at a warehouse winery operation on Treasure Island in SF Bay for our first Wine Questers Taste n Tell.  We tasted from these tiny boutique wineries: Vie, Blue Cellars, Treasure Island, … Continue reading →

Posted in San Francisco Bay Area, Wine Questers Live Blogup | Tagged San Francisco wineries, Taste n Tell

Olive oil tasting rooms added to WQ!

Posted on 28 December, 2008 by Jim Preston

I added an olive oil tasting room category to WineQuesters.com.  This was requested by a Paso Robles olive oil company.  So now there is one online but others will probably join.  We may add these to our Tweetup Tastings! There … Continue reading →

Posted in Wine Questers | Tagged Olive oil

Livermore Tweetup Tasting – live micro-blogging in action

Posted on 17 December, 2008 by Jim Preston

On Saturday December 13 we had our first Wine Questers Tweetup Tasting.  Three of us from the Twitter wine community met for lunch at Gerre Vineyard and Winery’s wonderful cafe.  We then proceeded to taste and micro-blog our impression on … Continue reading →

Posted in Road trips, Wine biz and media, Wine Questers, Wines | Tagged Livermore, Tweetup

Winery picnic mini-events? Should we try?

Posted on 22 November, 2008 by Jim Preston

Katya and I enjoy winery picnics with gourmet food, beautiful table settings, and of course the winery’s wine.  I’m thinking, should we publish our next picnic on Wine Questers, Twitter, etc. and see if a few folks want to join … Continue reading →

Posted in Wine Questers | Tagged winery picnics

Barbarian at a wine media tasting in Napa Valley

Posted on 1 November, 2008 by Jim Preston

Wine is all about emotion and connection to people, food, and place.  A place could be a dining room, tasting room, vineyard picnic, romantic restaurant, or wherever else.  As I’ve blogged before, context heavily influences taste. Out of curiosity I … Continue reading →

Posted in Wine biz and media, Wine Questers | Tagged old wine media, tastings, Wine ratings

Wine Questing and the N. Calif. Firestorms

Posted on 18 July, 2008 by Jim Preston

As Katya and I headed out on Friday afternoon June 20 for the Calaveras County Passport Weekend we noticed a smoke plume starting to rise in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  When we arrived at the motel in Angels Camp smoke … Continue reading →

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