I relish the modern upscale wine lounge. A place where the list includes dozens of wines by the glass, where one can relax on a plush sofa or a charming bistro table with some friends or on a date. I also enjoy dining out at the bar in nicer restaurants where one may order a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wine’
Traveling in Place
Posted in Travel, tagged cheese, Local, Wine on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We dream of traveling to far off countries filled with things exotic and unusual. We long for experiences unlike that which we have encountered before. Even something as simple as market day in an unknown land is rich with newness and unique sensations. When we are prevented satiating this hunger for the unknown, we can [...]
Working in Wine
Posted in San Francisco, Uncategorized, Wine, Wine Country, tagged Napa, Restaurant, San Francisco, Sommelier, Sonoma, Wine, Winery on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Doesn’t a career in wine sound fun? Like your existence could be a delicious, sybaritic adventure full of wine-soaked dinners and a never-ending supply of fantastic bottles of wine to sample? Is this the image that has led me to my crazy current course of action? So in case I haven’t mentioned recently (and I’m [...]
Wine Country Chronicles: Barrel Tasting
Posted in Wine, Wine Country, tagged Sonoma, Taste, Wine on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every year, an organization called Wine Road Northern Sonoma County puts on an all-weekend-long event for wineries to offer barrel samples for their soon-to-be released vintages. It’s a lovely opportunity for people to get a sort of “sneak peek” at what the last year’s harvest has in store for them. It’s a simple enough arrangement: [...]
Wine Country Chronicles: The Shyness of Taste
Posted in Wine Country, tagged France, Napa, Sonoma, Taste, Wine, Writing on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most of us have heard about the infamous tasting of 1976, where French and California wines were tasted blind by a panel of snobby French judges in Paris. The California wines rocked the house, much to everyone’s surprise. They’ve made movies and written books all about it. If you haven’t yet heard this fascinating tale, [...]
Wine Country Chronicles: The Beginning
Posted in Wine Country, tagged Napa, Sonoma, Wine on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Living in busy, compact San Francisco, sometimes I forget that we’ve got the gorgeous sprawling wine country for a backyard. As a child, my parents always dragged me along to tastings, where of course I couldn’t understand why they wanted to sip that vile stuff in dark cellars. And I’ve been up there as an [...]
