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How to Get Your License Bond When Opening a Winery

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Scenario: I get an Email, asking if I would want a story by Vic Lance, founder and president of Lance Surety Bond Associates, a surety bond expert who helps small businesses get licensed and bonded. Vic graduated from Villanova University with a degree in Business Administration and holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from […]

Wine Blog 2570 days ago

Wine Grape Varieties in Portugal

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To say that this list is extensive is an understatement. All images are from my visits, while in Portugal at Bodega Borba and Bodega Redondo. I'm giving you some authenticity from the Evora region, to go along with the facts. It is said that there are possibly over 500 Portuguese wine grape varieties. So, I […]

Wine Blog 2576 days ago

Macroclimate, Microclimate, Mesoclimate, and Canopy Climates

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For all of the words that are used in writing about a vineyard's climate terroir, there are significant differences with each. If you don't have the luxury of a viticulture class close by, or you're just too busy to attend a class, here's a good primer. Vit 101 brought some interesting concepts to me, including […]

Wine Blog 2577 days ago

Volatilizing Your Esters is Worth Your Time and Energy

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Your nose is the key to enjoying a glass of wine, long before the wine even hits your palate. The act of swirling your wine (volatilizing) releases the bouquet. The bouquet is a result of the wine making process. Aroma, on the other hand, is related to the scent of the grape. It cracks me […]

Wine Blog 2578 days ago

Becoming A French or Italian Wine Scholar Has Never Been Easier

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The Wine Scholar Guide program providers in California are offering the Wine Scholar Guild's FrenchAs Wine Scholar and Italian Wine Scholar programs. Both session programs are beginning shortly. These wine courses are designed to provide committed students of wine with the most advanced and comprehensive specialization programs, on both French and ...

Wine Blog 2579 days ago

Wine of the Week ~ Taste the Winds of Change ~ 2014 Amado Sur Malbec

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Taste the wine and taste the winds of change… A composition of 79 percent Malbec, 11 percent Bonarda, and 10 percent Syrah, the 2014 Amado Sur Malbec, is one alluring wine. From the Bodega Trivento estate in Mendoza's Andean Foothills, this Amado Sur wine proves that Malbec has indeed fallen in love with and found […]

Wine Blog 2582 days ago

Every Single Wine Grape Variety Has Its Own Unique Leaf

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Wine Grape Varietal Leaves can all be found in resource books, but I wanted my own images. There are many wineries where I've worked, prior to becoming a consultant. At each one I learned a different segment of the wine business. While at Kendall-Jackson, I took advantage of Santa Rosa Junior College's Demonstration Vineyard; which […]...

Wine Blog 2583 days ago

Wine Country Casual ~ It’s Getting to Be That Time of Year, Again

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I'm a Yankee, with really deep Yankee roots. My maiden name is "Clarke." Grandmother Gertrude Haines Clarke was the daughter of the late Governor William T. Haines of Waterville, Maine, my great grandfather. Great grandmother Patience Blackstone Clarke, who married Josiah Clarke, was the granddaughter of the Reverend William Blackstone. Blackstone ...

Wine Blog 2584 days ago

Sur Lie, on the Lees, and Sir Leigh

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A very common mistake that I see, over and over again, is the statement of "Sur Lees Aging." This is incorrect usage of the process. One "lie" Sur lie is a process of aging. It allows for a wine, when it's finished fermenting, to sit on the lees while flavor is extract. When the wine […]

Wine Blog 2585 days ago

The History of Amphoras in Winemaking, As Seen in Alentejo, Portugal

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As I've earlier written, To Understand Portuguese Wines, One Must First Understand the People. This continues to be my mantra, most especially after having spent 10 days in Portugal with Delfim Costa, when he was working with Enoforum Wines. In world history, Portugal was invaded by the Romans (like the rest of Europe). When they […]

Wine Blog 2586 days ago

Wine of the Week ~ Evolution Sparkling Wine

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Sparkling wine from Oregon? A new one for me, I have to admit. So this was intriguing. How was it? Evolution Sparkling Wine was a delightful surprise. I really shouldn't have been surprised, though. I first met people from Sokol Blosser Winery, the parent company, when I was producing Pinot Gris symposiums for our client […]

Wine Blog 2589 days ago

Earth Day at Iron Horse 2017 ~ Remembering And Honoring Our Roots

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I'm so pleased to be part of this important day, now more than ever. Our client The Rubin Family of Wines is going to be participating. I couldn't be more pleased. Jose and I will be attending again this year, as we have for the past many now. It's a very special day that's hosted […]

Wine Blog 2590 days ago

Wine Retailer Association Augments Member Benefits With Shipping Discounts

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Longtime wine colleague Tom Wark has been carrying the banner for the National Association of Wine Retailers. It's been a great gig for him. I just got a press release, and I'm providing it in its entirety, because – well – it's well written and anything I'd write would only be anecdotal. I haven't kept […]...

Wine Blog 2591 days ago

Terroir ~ The Most Complex Segment of Wine

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If you ask anyone in France, "What's terroir all about?" not only will that person tell you in words, but his hands… and even his entire body… will go into action. As A word created by French vignerons, you can bet your bippy that it means something, and it's worth writing about it for the uninitiated. […]

Wine Blog 2593 days ago

An Egregious, Yet Successful, Marketing Plan with Bigly Results

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I wrote this one so many months ago on a note pad. I wish I had dated it. It was prior to the elections, I can tell you that much.

Wine Blog 2596 days ago

Does size really matter?

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Yes, it really does. Check out how happy my friend Denise Medrano (The Wine Sleuth) is, for instance. The size of the smile on Denise's face is directly proportional to the size of the bottle… As  The bigger the bottle, for instance, the longer the wine will age well. There's less space (not oxygen, because […]

Wine Blog 2597 days ago

The 2016 California Winegrape Crush Is a Return to Normalcy

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[Pictured is Alvaro Zamora, vineyard manager for The Rubin Family of Wines] The following is very interesting info from Ciatti, Global Wine & Grape Brokers, regarding the 2016 harvest. The Ciatti Company Ciatti is the world's largest and most comprehensive bulk wine and grape brokerage frim. Aside from its home base in San Rafael, California, [...

Wine Blog 2598 days ago

A Sweet Unlikely Food and Wine Pairing ~ 2012 Stemmari Cantodoro + Dana Confection Company

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In December, I received samples from the Dana Confection Company. These hand-made confections, as much as I wanted to just jump right in, had to wait. I had too much holiday activity swirling all around. The unique confection samples sat on my desk, waiting for me to come back down to earth. Meanwhile, I had […]

Wine Blog 2599 days ago

Appellation St. Helena (ASH) hosting its premiere annual wine and food pairing event

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bASH St. Helena With so many options, I remember reading once, "I can enjoy food and wine everyday, with all of the offers out there." I thought, "yup." I also don't usually advocate for events I haven't attended (yet). This one, however, given the who, what, when, and where, I don't have to attend to […]...

Wine Blog 2600 days ago

Calling All Marketing Departments, Life Just Got Really Easy

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FOREWORD: I was contacted by Visme to share this info graphic. It hadn't been until I'd written this blog, however, that I fully understood how this company has incredible opportunities for wine companies. You can now personalize amazing presentations, create infographics, and enhance other engaging content for your staff, marketing materials, and ...

Wine Blog 2607 days ago

Wine of the Week ~ Kendall-Jackson 2014 Seco Highlands Pinot Noir

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Getting out to visit a winery is always a rare treat. We moved to California from Maine, because of the opportunities. Once embroiled in work within those opportunities, however, visits are now mostly for appointments, in order to get more work accomplished. This past week, Jose and I segued back to my former place of […]

Wine Blog 2610 days ago

Earth Day at Iron Horse Vineyards

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Earth Day has really important significance, now more than ever, most would agree. Joy Sterling at Iron Horse Vineyards, when a significant speaker presents him or herself, has a merry band of Green Valley growers and producers gather at Iron Horse for a day of a charming celebrations. This year of 2017 is just such […]

Wine Blog 2614 days ago

Wines of the Week ~ Georges Dubœuf Selections

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Georges Dubœuf is now celebrating its 50th Anniversary. What successful tribute to dedication, passion, and excellence, with selecting the very best and then delivering that best to the world. Congratulations, Georges and Franck Dubœuf. I continue to remember with joy my phone conversation with Franck in 2014. From that story: While Franck's fath...

Wine Blog 2621 days ago

A Vineyard in Napa by Doug Shafer Fills in an Important Historical Napa Timeline

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Working for the Robert Mondavi Winery, as Doug Shafer also has, gave me time to simultaneously study Napa history. The prior five years, I had been living and working in Sonoma County, and that history (and its characters) had become second nature. But, then being in the land of Napa, I needed to know more; […]

Wine Blog 2628 days ago

Cathy Huyghe Receives the 2016 Diaz Communications Innovator of the Year Award for Enolytics

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Jose Diaz and I are pleased to announce that Cathy Huyghe of Enolytics is the recipient of 2016's Diaz Communications Innovator of the Year Award. With her expertise in analyzing consumerism and the wine industry's facts and figures, to better understand today's wine market, Cathy joins the ranks of those whom we've watched develop into […]...

Wine Blog 2635 days ago

Current Wine and Winegrape Research course offered by UC Davis Extension

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This is Public Service Announcement for UC Davis. For the inquisitive, marketers, wine sales industry pros, wanting to understand more about wine grapes and current enology projects. You are invited to join U.C. Davis' Extension program for the Current Wine and Winegrape Research course, so that you can soar to new heights of understanding. Monday,...

Wine Blog 2638 days ago

Constructing a soil monolith with Vineyard Soil Technologies

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[Photo Credit: Lori Knapp, Rubin Family Vineyards and Winery] I just recommended Vineyard Soil Technologies in my story entitled, "Soil Monolith ~ a perfect wine gift for the winery owner..." The Rubin Family Vineyards and Winery has taken advantage of their soil preserved in a Monolith, in order to educate others who visit the winery, […]...

Wine Blog 2640 days ago

New Year’s Day From Around the World ~ Let’s Celebrate With Wine!

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The part of my blog that's currently intriguing me the most is having some important doors opened from import brands. As a result, I'm getting to taste the entire world in the comfort of my own home. In junior high, geography was an easy "A." It still is. Being a lover of life and culture, […]

Wine Blog 2644 days ago

Wine and Spirits Books of 2016 That Belong in Any Great Wine (book) Library

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Each year I enjoy putting a list together of the best wine and food books I read throughout the year. This year is no exception. Here are my 2016 Wine and Spirits Books. And, here's headed to your Black Friday shopping… A Zentrepreneur's Guide ~ by vintner Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold We've got […]

Wine Blog 2645 days ago

Still With The “Y?” ~ Why?

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PS I Love You began in October, 2002. Today this Petite Sirah advocacy is still actively educating. It's 14 years later. Early on, when I'd help wine writers to understand that Petite Sirah is not spelled with a "Y," I'd mostly get people thanking me for the education. I do remember correcting one person, however, […]...

Wine Blog 2646 days ago

Eleven Years… Eleven whole years of Wine Blogging

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Sometimes I wonder, "Am I nuts?" I voiced it to Jennifer Chin, when she was querying me about helping with her client Ernest Vineyards, a new [artisan] producer of cool-climate Chards and Pinots from the Sonoma Coast. I wrote to her: Thanks for contacting me. Right now, between my day job and all of the […]

Wine Blog 2646 days ago

Red Mountain ~ A Novel ~ Boo Walker

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Red Mountain by Boo Walker is a novel that will draw you in, hold your attention, and have you up in the middle of the night because it's nearly impossible to put down, wanting to know what happens next. I received a copy in the US mail from Boo. For Jo, Enjoy! Boo Well, I […]

Wine Blog 2648 days ago

Bordeaux 101 ~ The Stages of Learning about Bordeaux ~ partie

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Bordeaux 101, my stages of discovery for the past year. Since this is a birthday for me, and my last year was devoted to learning more about Bordeaux, today I'm sharing my Bordeaux 101, for anyone else so inspired. Now I'm going into a new region: Verona, Italy, for 2017. Today is my cross over, […]

Wine Blog 2654 days ago

11 Most Expensive Wines Ever Sold ~ by Randi Glazer

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I was asked, once again, to share my blog for a writer. Most of them are shills for free advertising. But this time I wanted to dig deeper. It sounded interesting. Wine that will never be enjoyed? Perhaps… The Pitch by Kim Bettasso for Randi Glazer Hey Jo, I'm Kim, Content Manager for Randi Glazer. […]

Wine Blog 2655 days ago

My Holidaze Wine List

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2011 Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon, Puente Alto Vineyard vldo-nvbrt.jpg First of all, this is still a young wine. I've gotten way past caring about young wines anymore being hard to enjoy. A friend recently told me that she gifted someone a young wine and there was paperwork that went along with the wine. The person […]

Wine Blog 2656 days ago

Feng Shui Architecture ~ A Living Tribute to Architect Designer Barbara Lyons Stewart

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In Memoriam ~ Barbara Lyons Stewart When our client Ron Rubin, of The Rubin Family of Wines, told me that he wanted a story about his winery regarding the fact that it has a Feng Shui design, I thought that that was pretty cool. I had heard about it, had spent a short time reading […]

Wine Blog 2657 days ago

You want my help, but your $20 bottle of wine isn’t available as a sample?

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No wine for you! Hi, PR Pro, My desk is now uncluttered. If you'd like to send information and a sample to me, I'm now open to it. Thanks for your patience. Hi Jo, I'm so sorry, but unfortunately we don't have samples to send at the moment, which I understand makes it tricky for […]

Wine Blog 2662 days ago

Rex Pickett and Boo Walker ~ A Journey Created

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My review of Vertical, by Rex Pickett, happened in stages. It's a very different way to write a review, I have to admit. And it also makes a bit of sense to me, as Rex Pickett is a very non-traditional kinda guy. Once I published my review, Rex Pickett reached out to me. The version […]

Wine Blog 2664 days ago

For Those Who Are Interested In The Specifics of Becoming a French Wine Scholar

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The Bordeaux Wine Campus (a registered wine school based in Bordeaux), provides the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) certification and the WSG (Wine Scholar Guild). This is accomplished through an educational program that might interest you, you… the wine pro.. The French Wine Scholar, created by Wine Scholar Guild, is focused on Fren...

Wine Blog 2667 days ago

December in Wine Country ~ Have a Look

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[Paperwhite flowers are a typical December bloom. Photo by Jo Diaz.] The beginning of December – this season – has been beautiful weather wise and visually. I'm now in the Mayacamas Mountains, above the Alexander Valley floor. The views are spectacular… stunning, really. Perhaps this is why my devotion to blogging every day has wa...

Wine Blog 2669 days ago

Simply Charmed ~ That’s What I Was and What It Is

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Being December born… Let's just call this a "musing," or "stream of consciousness…" Asked if I would consider looking at Simply Charmed magnetic wine glass charms, I thought, "Why not. Sounds like fun!" Anything December really strikes my fancy. I wondered, too, "What's new and clever, and there's a wine component attached to it? Someth...

Wine Blog 2672 days ago

Bordeaux ~ Les Hauts de Lagarde 2015 ~ The Red and The White of It

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The Red and The White of It Last evening, with our friend Corinne, we had dinner tasting and enjoying these two very special Bordeaux wines: Les Hauts de Lagarde 2015 – Blanc and Rouge. We began our food and wine tasting with humus and endives as an appetizer. We were so involved with Corinne having […]

Wine Blog 2682 days ago

2016 Wine and Spirits Books for the Holidays

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Each year I enjoy putting a list together of the best wine and food books I read throughout the year. This year is no exception. Here are my 2016 Wine and Spirits Books. And, here's headed to your Black Friday shopping… A Zentrepreneur's Guide ~ by vintner Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold We've got […]

Wine Blog 2683 days ago

Thanksgiving Wines ~ What Our Immigrant Forefather Would Have Brought, If Only…

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If you're of Native American descent, your forefathers arrived first on the North American continent. Once the Bearing Straight had waters receding, people migrated from both Asia and Northeastern Europe. Who were the first ancient settlers to arrive and cultivate California, for instance?As  The Central Pomo people, who immigrated to California mo...

Wine Blog 2684 days ago

A Sicilian Thanksgiving? You Betcha with MandraRossa Nero d’Avola

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Do you know that wines from Sicily are elegant and really affordable? With most of them selling for under $20, they make perfect "house wines," too. During the holidays, especially if you're of Italian descent, these wines will happily grace your table and heritage. Guests will be able to savor your past, while enjoying your […]...

Wine Blog 2687 days ago

Corkscrew, by Peter Stafford-Bow, a wine buyer, through his lens

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You can't anticipate any of it, your eyes will bug out of your head as you read it. You'll wonder, how will he get himself out of this one? You've just got to read it to understand that I'm not joshing you. This book is hysterical, as he nails his characters with great depth of understanding and humor.

Wine Blog 2689 days ago

Wine Country Time ~ Hurry up and wait

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EXCUSE #3: Fiber optics were cut. It has thousands of lines within the tubing, so we're trying to find that just right one line, and do have a blessed day.

Wine Blog 2691 days ago

Tasting Sicily with Allesandro

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Image borrowed from the Wines of Sicily Website. I highly recommend that you visit this site for more information and beautiful images of the island. Sicily writes about having a mosaic of flavors. In a booklet that the Wines of Sicilia DOC has distributed. It begins: If to travel through Sicily means to dive into […]

Wine Blog 2703 days ago

Buzet you say? Sans Sulfites Ajoutés Buzet, okay…

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SANS ~ The Wine that "respects both Man and Nature" 2015 Sans Sulfites Ajoutés Buzet This wine is a beautifully soft and delicious wine. It's completely food friendly, a ballet on your pallet. As I read about their wine, this indicates why I found the wine to be so alluring: The grapes were harvested at […]

Wine Blog 2705 days ago

I missed Bourbon Month, Again

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How could I miss it? We'll I was moving a home of 19 years, two offices, and a second business… Maybe next year will be "Third Time's a Bourbon Charm!" I've just done a revisit and know that Bourbon lovers want to think aobut this one for the holidays coming up, now that we're headed […]

Wine Blog 2709 days ago
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