Chuck Meeker’s tasting room is in little Geyserville in California’s Alexander Valley. Geyserville is one of our favorite wine country hangouts but avoid the place at night if you want action. In the evening it is a place for quiet … Continue reading
Heller Estate is known for their Carmel Valley, Monterey County, CA organic wines. They have a nice tasting room in the Village of Carmel Valley about 11 miles up the valley from the Pacific and the famous town of Carmel. … Continue reading
Bent Creek Winery has a small tasting room and nice picnic areas at the end of a long driveway off a Livermore Valley, CA back road. The trouble with visiting Bent Creek is that it is wildly popular. The wines … Continue reading
Winery Quest is the best winery map yet and we were getting close to releasing a few of our apps to beta testers when Apple announced that the new, much improved, and free iPhone 3.0 operating system is to be … Continue reading
15 wine regions, 1,500 miles, 7 days. WOW did I see some beauty! This shot of lupines along the Carmel Valley Road is common right now! I started shooting spring scene photography April 11-12 in the Sierra Foothills wine regions … Continue reading
We intended to ride out last weekend at home working, as usual. However, on Wednesday I noticed that the Sonoma County tourism guy posted a real bargain on Twitter.com. Rooms at 50% off at the stunningly beautiful Victorian-era Madrona Manor … Continue reading
We recently finished-off a bottle of Jessie’s Grove Winery Old Vine 05 Lodi Zinfandel. We were reminded of two things: 1) Lodi Zins are often terrific and this one is no exception. We loved the strong rich flavors and nose. … Continue reading
Jeff Stai of Twisted Oak Tweetered me Friday night that it was snowing in the Murphys area. Jeff knew that I want Sierra Foothills wine regions photos and videos with snow at the wineries and in the vineyards for our … Continue reading
Winter Wineland is a Russian River Wineroad event for the Alexander, Dry Creek, and Russian River regions in Sonoma County, California. There are well over 100 winery tasting rooms in these regions and the ambiance, and wine, is some of … Continue reading
I’ve been on the Highway 101 wine road for two days and gps mapped the wine towns of Paso Robles, Solvang, and Los Olivos. We’ll soon add them to our online maps. I’ll also use this info to produce a … Continue reading