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
Last Saturday we brought six bottles aboard a 32′ Catalina sailboat sitting in a marina south of San Francisco. Accompanying the all red wines was a huge focacia meat loaf sandwhich. Eleven people came and went during the long afternoon. … Continue reading
As we drove south on Hwy 101 toward the Salinas Valley, and more importantly the Santa Lucia Highlands vineyards of Monterey County, Katya and I pledged to avoid tasting rooms. We wanted to focus on the photography for our upcoming … Continue reading