I think that living in wine country and always being around it makes one lose some of the romantic feelings about wine. When you’re constantly around it and most of the people you know are directly involved in the industry you start hearing a lot of what goes on behind the … [Read more...]
Tablas Creek Winery: Let’s Not Talk About The Wine
Well, we’ll say a little something about the wine but I think there’s a bigger thing at play that is not discussed enough. So, about the wine…it’s awesome. We love Rhone wines and Tablas Creek is producing some absolutely amazing Rhone wines. Annie and I love Rhone whites (reds … [Read more...]
Hospice du Rhone: What we did on April 26th
The Hospice du Rhone event in Paso Robles is the most amazing Rhone wine event in the world!!! Well, at least the most amazing Rhone wine event we have been to, and the weekend all kicked off Thursday evening with a pre-party at Paso Robles Inn. We were upstairs in the bar area … [Read more...]
Epoch or Epic, or Both???
ep·och [ep-uhk or, especially Brit., ee-pok] Noun: a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc. Epoch Estate Wines is one of the newer tasting rooms that's opened in the glorious Paso Robles wine region. They've taken up residence in the historical … [Read more...]
Rhoning On Our Own!! While at the HdR2011
We had the opportunity to be part of the most Rhoning-est media tasting at Hospice du Rhone…well, because they consider us media (imagine that)!! The nice thing about it is that we get to go in to a private room with a handful of other media folks and pour ourselves wine and take … [Read more...]
The Girl and the Fig at Hopsice du Rhone!
While at the Hospice du Rhone Grand Tasting, we caught up with Sondra Bernstein, the Proprietor and CEO of The Girl and the Fig. What's The Girl and the Fig? Well, it's a restaurant, of course! Situated in Sonoma, they just happen to feature an incredible list of Rhone wines … [Read more...]
HdR Wine Auction With Alban, Carroll, and SAXUM!
There is something amazingly entertaining about listening to an auctioneer do his thing, especially when the stuff being auctioned off is wine, wine trips, wine dinners, and other wine related things. This particular auction took place at Hospice du Rhone, the auctioneer is Todd … [Read more...]
What? Rhone Valley Wines? YES!!! HdR2011!!!
As you may know, we attended Hospice du Rhone, 2011. The premise of this event is to share the beauty of the Rhone wines with the world...via Paso Robles! The event features seminars, tastings, and food pairings, all focused on the Rhones. The first seminar of the event was … [Read more...]
Our Sommelier is in the House at Hospice du Rhone
We caught up with Erick Cadena (Sommelier and GM at Villa Creek Restaurant in Paso Robles) out of the HdR festivities to get his take on some of the events we had experienced and the Grand Tasting that was about to happen. Don’t worry though, we will be posting plenty of other … [Read more...]