Category: One String
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California’s Best Pinot Noir: Explore Anderson Valley
One of the aspects of California wine I enjoy the most is the variety of wine produced in the state. You can go from hot and flat AVAs (American Viticultural Areas) that produce fruit-forward deep reds to high-elevation spots with a cooler climate for growing austere white wines. For every wine lover out there, there […]
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Lodi: Where The Old World is New Again
I first heard about Lodi, California, from Jon Bonné, author of the The New California Wine (2013). Bonné highlights some of the hot winemakers making a “new” restrained version of California wines, such as Tegan Passalacqua from Turley Wines, known for making Lodi Zinfandels from some of the oldest vines in the country. While I […]
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Wine and Baseball: Two of the Finest Found at AT&T Park
On our last trip to Napa (August 2015), we decided to spend one night in San Francisco to see our beloved Nationals get revenge on the Giants for the 2014 NLDS. I was excited to visit AT&T Park, located right on San Francisco Bay in the heart of downtown. And I was thrilled to watch […]
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Spring Time Wine: What to Drink Right Now
DC is simply gorgeous in the spring. After a long and grey winter, Washingtonians are watching for the precise moment the cherry blossoms will peak. I realized it was that time of year when all of the happy hour menus list some sort of “cherry blossom” inspired cocktail. In reality, cherry blossom peak is when […]
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Paso-bilities Part II: More Wine, Coastal Hikes & a Hollywood Castle
While hubby and I really enjoyed our day tasting in Paso Robles Willow Creek AVA, no visit to California is complete without exploring the natural beauty and culture of the area. Here’s a highlight of the best of our trip: Coastal hikes. The beauty of wine tasting in Paso is that the area extends west six […]
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Hollywood Eat and Drink: 2016 SAG Awards
Not my typical blog post, but I thought you might enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. You are probably wondering how did this wine geek get an invite to the SAG Awards?! I am a lucky gal. Let’s leave it at that. Here’s my perspective on the very glamorous […]
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Me in a Glass: The American Classic, Schramsberg Brut Rosé
Tucked into the forested hillside of Diamond Mountain, Schramsberg Vineyards embodies the spirit of French Champagne by hand-riddling each bottle in the traditional bottle-fermentation method. The story of Schramsberg is also the story of a German immigrant and pioneer, Jacob Schram, who dug the first hillside cave in Napa in 1870. But it was not […]