Nice mention today in the Daily Candy: Just Leaf Town Why not leaf town and come up for the weekend? We'll be here!...

Taken June 17, 2007, at the end of a very bumpy, very four wheel drive road that my older son discovered a while back. The road takes you up to a ridge that overlooks Murphys and the surrounding valleys...

Photo of Twisted Oak Murphys Tasting Room, Friday 12/1/06, by El Jefe - we'll be serving our Trappist Monk Fruitcake again Saturday from 10:30AM until it's gone. I wouldn't kid about the fruitcake - it's the Real Deal! Get up...

Just a quick post on my last day in the Sierra Foothills. Only a few of my readers probably know that I worked in the gourmet store business in NYC throughout my college years, so I'm a sucker for a really good one when I travel. I Yelped Murphys, expecting nothing, and up came this gem ... sponge and make wonderful sandwiches. Because Murphys is close to Diestel, they feature Diestel...

Time for more silly Twisted photos! Added 11/19: I have been remiss. I should explain what a Crush Party is. Everyone associated with the winery, from growers to cellar rats, has worked their proverbial asses off during this year's harvest...

That's as good as my Italian gets. Even that's better than my English. The lovely Hoochie in the picture is none other than Sarah, the owner of Lorenzo's here in Murphys. Sarah and her manager, Erin, stay Twisted in thought...

The sun is warm. The trees colorful. The wine yummy. Why not leaf town and come up? Photo by El Jefe, taken this morning at the Twisted Oak tasting room in Murphys...

Via a link in a post on Winehiker, I found an article about Murphys wine tasting that included Twisted Oak. They even noticed our clothing! Just visit winecountry.com, click on Wine Regions and Gold Country and the top article...

Suddenly there are six seats left for our annual T.G.T.H.A.O.(thank goodness the holidays are over) dinner at Murphys Hotel this Saturday night, January 20th. Lucky TWISTED FEW members will be tasting some wines we are offering as futures (including...

Another Thank Goodness The Holidays Are Over! dinner is in the books. Held in the beautiful Mark Twain Ballroom high above the Murphys Hotel bar, owners Dorian and Beth (that's them to the left) and their staff took great care...