... is our paean salute, our end-of-winter bonfire, our celebration of everything wine symbolizes—good...

This month is our paean salute, our end-of-winter bonfire, our celebration of everything wine symbolizes—good food, warmth, red berries and red lips, sunlight and firelight, and most of all, the mystery of earth's bounty and man's eagerness to preserve it. Some zinfandels are elegant yet barbaric contenders for a Gallic throne, mysterious and powerful, with layers of complexity under a velvet...

I like to think it takes a special occasion to prompt the opening of a new bottle of grappa . So what better occasion than it being Thursday night again? Or, more truthfully, the fact that my best grappa -guzzling pal and co-author of these diaries was in town. Whatever ...

Karl and Marcia will chat with Michael DeLoach and learn how firefighters influenced Hook and Ladder winery. Then a lively and irreverant discussion about how wine labels lie. We'll be tasting a couple of his wines and Marcia will pair one of them with a scrumptious fall recipe. Our Value ...

Karl and Marcia will chat with Michael DeLoach and learn how firefighters influenced Hook and Ladder winery. Then a lively and irreverant discussion about how wine labels lie. We'll be tasting a couple of his wines and Marcia will pair one of them with a scrumptious fall recipe. Our Value ...

Karl and Marcia will chat with Michael DeLoach and learn how firefighters influenced Hook and Ladder winery. Then a lively and irreverant discussion about how wine labels lie. We'll be tasting a couple of his wines and Marcia will pair one of them with a scrumptious fall recipe. Our Value ...

Karl and Marcia will chat with Michael DeLoach and learn how firefighters influenced Hook and Ladder winery. Then a lively and irreverant discussion about how wine labels lie. We'll be tasting a couple of his wines and Marcia will pair one of them with a scrumptious fall recipe. Our Value ...

The kids have returned to school, which heralds my return to blogging after a fabulous summer break. It's good to be back, and there's a great deal to catch up on, but today I'll start with Salute to Agriculture , a series of events, dinners and tours highlighting Monterey County food, wineries ... September 12, don't miss the chance to taste our 2004 Petit Verdot at the Salute to Agriculture Wine...

Cleavage Creek darlings , I have no idea if your wine is any good or not, but I love your labels. The cleavage is perhaps a tad too discreet, but damned if I'll criticize breast cancer survivors for not showing more skin. (Please, god, don't blast me with any lightning ...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Loren Sonkin Post Time: 10-15-2007 at 01:30 PM