I’ve previously blogged about the intimate and friendly Route 128 tasting room and the wines from the Opatz Family Winery. Their tasting room is in the Alexander Valley, the vineyards just north of there in the Yorkville Highlands AVA, and … Continue reading
Roth Estate doesn’t have a tasting room of their own and such wineries are usually outside of our scope. However, this family owned winery is related to Lancaster Estate on Chalk Hill Road so when wine distributor Wilson Daniels offered … Continue reading
Lancaster Estate winery is rather newly open to the public and is located at the southern end of Alexander Valley on Chalk Hill Road. Normally I only blog about wineries that we’ve visited but in this case we’ve only visited … Continue reading
The Opatz family harvests their grapes from their vineyard in the Yorkville Highlands on Route 128 north of the Alexander Valley. As we have seen a lot of recently they are growers who turned to wine making and eventually opened … Continue reading
Alexander Valley is a quiet and laid back part of Sonoma County. For decades there have been only a few wineries in this famous Cabernet growing valley but lately we are seeing new wineries. Trione built a beautiful winery next … Continue reading
1978 was the last year of a drought in California. The vines were stressed as were just about everything living in California then. A massive fast-track water pipe project that took up lanes of the Richmond Bridge saved Marin from … Continue reading
Wow, 25 wineries during the 3 day first weekend of the Barrel Tasting event. We spit and dumped so ended the day quite sober. We also preserved our palates by avoiding the barrels and focusing on finished wines. And we … Continue reading
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
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