We recently visited the new winery location for Las Positas Vineyards in the former Deer Ridge Winery. They remodeled the tasting room but left the grounds and architecture as it was. Very nice mission style ambiance and extra friendly staff … 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
We love visiting Clos Pegase in the upper Napa Valley off Silverado Trail. The owner’s pitch it as a temple to wine and art and we agree. The Michael Graves designed building is both unique and beautiful. The landscape art … Continue reading
I heard about Carol Shelton’s wines for years before I had time to catchup with her recently at a wine trade event for the Rockpile AVA. I was blown away with the wine she brought to this tiny event at … 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
Two years ago I blogged about crashing a wine club event at the Heller Estate Vineyards winery high in the mountains above Carmel Valley. That was one year after the huge Basin Complex fire burned into Big Sur and north … 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
Heritage Oak is a small family winery northeast of Lodi. The tasting room is in the working winery and while the architecture or interior ambiance isn’t special the setting and the people make this winery a good destination. They have … Continue reading
I’ve blogged about Fenestra before and their very large wine selection, picnic area, and historical old barn winery. This winery isn’t to be missed! We just finished a bottle of their Lodi sourced Alvarelhao and I want to make a … Continue reading