The Creekview Vineyards winery is located near tiny San Martin between Gilroy and Morgan Hill south of San Jose. While the winery is occasionally open a good bet is to head into the heart of downtown San Jose and drop … Continue reading
The less than attractive exterior of Domenico’s industrial building in San Carlos about 20 minutes south of SFO masks a nice interior and hospitality. You taste their wines in a large warehouse but it has been decorated for events and … Continue reading
Urban wineries, this one near Oakland, lack the incredible ambiance of say Dry Creek Valley. That doesn’t mean they aren’t interesting to visit. Periscope is in an old submarine plant near the San Francisco Bay in Emeryville just west of … Continue reading
We recently visited little family-owned Pinder Winery in an industrial building in Campbell, CA next to San Jose. Sure, an industrial building isn’t our first choice for ambiance but Pinder is an excellent choice for wine and hospitality. Pinder sources … Continue reading
Stage Left is a tiny winery in an Oakland industrial area that is only open the first Saturday of the month, usually. While I wouldn’t make this a destination for winery ambiance it is perfect for a quickie day trip … Continue reading
Katya and I recently visited and mapped 7 wineries in the East San Francisco Bay cities of Emeryville, Oakland, and Alameda. All are in declining industrial areas that offer the advantage of cheap space and proximity to a large population. … Continue reading
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
Katya and I don’t like to tell tasters what they will taste. That’s because we frequently don’t taste what others tell us we should. However, I will mention wines that are interesting and unusual. The Sol Rouge Winery in Santa … Continue reading
The first Wine Questers Live Blogup (then called Taste n Tell) was at seven SF urban wineries last January 10th. Tiny A. P. Vin was one of those. Andrew makes only Pinot and from various California regions. This evening Katya … Continue reading
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