April 03, 2019
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About 18 months after making our first vintage of wine, we were approached by a friend who works for a high-end winery with some excess Cabernet to sell. This was some amazing wine, and we had the opportunity to buy it at a great price.
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January 16, 2019
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Wine stores can be overwhelming, especially if you don't know what to look for. Here are 4 tips to keep in mind whenever you are shopping for wine.
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January 13, 2019
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I always look for quality wine at a great price. Costco provides excellent value that even a winemaker can appreciate. Here I share my current favorites.
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December 01, 2018
As the recipient of many well-intentioned but unused wine gifts, I feel compelled to speak up on behalf of all wine drinkers.
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September 15, 2018
When you spend $100 on a single bottle of wine, you're paying for more than just really good juice. Perhaps you don't need all of it...
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May 21, 2018
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There are only 11 wineries on Diamond Mountain, many of them with hard-to-find wines with “cult” status.
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March 28, 2018
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The following is a list (by region) of some of our favorite wineries, restaurants, shops, and activities up in Wine Country. This not an exhaustive list (by any stretch of the imagination), but simply some places we have discovered and enjoyed during our travels around Napa Valley!
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February 07, 2018
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The family of Claudine Wines are thrilled to share some exciting news: Our 2014 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon received a 92 point rating through Wine Enthusiast! So what does it mean to be a 92 point wine? Let us pour another glass of celebratory bubbly and we’ll tell you!
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November 20, 2017
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There is nothing more frustrating than going to a decently nice restaurant, perusing the wine list for the perfect wine to go with dinner, only to have the waiter bring out a small, thick-rimmed glass for my wine. Ugh. Restaurants do this because **newsflash** glasses break. However, you deserve better!
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October 24, 2017
If you’re like me (and I’ll assume your reading a wine blog because we have AT LEAST that in common) then you might find yourself on the couch on a Friday or Saturday night flipping through the Netflix or Amazon files looking for a nice way to mindlessly work your way through that nice bottle of wine you’ve rewarded yourself with.
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January 16, 2017
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You may think of Sonoma County as Napa’s lesser-known but very well-reputed “little brother.”
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October 08, 2016
We already know: put the word “homemade” in front of anything, and people think difficult.
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