I can't believe it is already *%#@! Wednesday and I still haven't posted any pictures from the Calaveras Grape Stomp! With profound apologies to those with slower bandwidth, here they are at last. The Twisted Rackettes (Carla and Heather...

I just can't keep up with all of this... Fermento of the ever-swelling head as interviewed on local vidcast The Pine Tree: 768k version150k version56k version More on the Calaveras Grape Stomp results soon...

Fermento, along with Ironstone Vineyards top guy Stephen Kautz, did a grape stomping demo at the Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento today to promote the upcoming Calaveras Grape Stomp this weekend. The cameras from local NBC affiliate KCRA were rolling...

El Bloggo Rollo this morning popped up two very nice reviews: Dezel over at Virginia Wine Spot reviews our 2005 Canterbury Vineyards Viognier (and this may be the first time a rubber chicken spitting a cork has ever been caught...

Based on several excellent comments received from our readers (and a few rantings from our staff), I have updated the Geek Sheet format for several of our most popular wines and I have created a guide to help explain the...

On October 14, 2007, will be the first-ever "Taste of Calaveras", to be held at Jane Bottomley's Dove Hill Ranch in Angels Camp, CA from 1pm to 4pm. Yours truly (that would be El Jefe) will be pouring there, along...

Tanner Vineyard Taste-Off A tasting comparison of two ‘04 syrahs sourced from Calaveras County ... -off match. (tags: wine review tanner calaveras county winehiker http://www.californiawinehikes.com ) Complexity adds character to wine Calaveras county grapegrowing and winemaking as seen through the eyes of the August 2006 issue of California Farmer magazine. (tags: calaveras county...

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Tom over at Fermentation did a nice article on How to DO Sonoma Valley. But as I went thru his points it inspired me to do a counterpoint on Calaveras County, mercilessly.... 1. BRING YOUR KIDS WITH YOU...