My views on wine are ecumenical. There’s room in my life for a big, buttery chardonnay and a steely, unoaked version. Ditto a big, lively zinfandel (esp. if served alongside a chilly day and a warm fire) and, at other times, a refined and delicate pinot noir. So, I was tickled when a wine...
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The bargains just keep piling up in wine country real estate. As you know, the Mondavi mansion recently sold for a sum that was undisclosed but was less than the asking price of $13.9, which itself was almost half off the original sticker price of $25 million. And now, Villa Montana, home of NFL...
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Kendall-Jackson isn’t the only winery getting face-time on camera. Hot on the heels of KJ president Rick Tigner’s appearance on ”Undercover Boss,” we have Shafer Vineyards starring in a new music video “Drive By,” from Train. Read more »
I’ve never really gotten the whole wine-chocolate pairing thing. Apart, they’re both terrific. Together, they’re either downright horrible or tolerable but in a strained sort of way. (And suddenly I’m remembering college dating adventures for some reason.) I feel much the same about Valentine’s Day. A heart-shaped box of chocolates is not romantic. Going...
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Think you’ve been at your job for a while? Take a gander at the career of Napa Valley vintner Peter Mondavi. He started out during Prohibition. Sure, he was the ripe old age of 12; he and brother Robert used to nail together boxes for their dad, Cesare Mondavi, who made a business out...
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Perhaps you’ve heard of sabering champagne, which is where you take a sharp object, a saber if you have one handy, and tap smartly on the ridge of glass around the neck of the bottle. Hit it right and it will pop off.
Most likely, though, you haven’t considered trying to do this with your iPad, Read more »
Want to have Mike Ditka over for your Super Bowl party? How about Joe Montana or Dick Vermeil? No problem. They, or at least their wines, are just a few twists of the corkscrew away from joining you on the couch. For 49ers fans there’s Montagia, a wine made in partnership between former quarterback...
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So, did you watch Kendall-Jackson president Rick Tigner on CBS’ “Undercover Boss” last night? Pretty good episode, right? Now that the show’s aired, I can give you a few more details. First, Marcos, the bottling unit guy who moonlights as a DJ did DJ duties along with his son at the company viewing party...
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Wine is going prime time this weekend.
Kendall-Jackson president Rick Tigner will be on the popular CBS TV show “Undercover Boss,” Read more »
Remember the tasting room scene in “Sideways” where a distraught Miles drinks out of the spit bucket? Yeah, that’s probably not something you want to do on your next visit to wine country.
So far as I know, there isn’t an epidemic of bucket abuse. But there are certainly all sorts of perils tasting room employees have to deal with, Read more »
