Tag Archive | "Dry Creek Valley"

good to be back.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

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In Sonoma County. Yes, I have been back from my first trip for Project Y-ine for a week now, but this past week has been filled with meetings, Congresswoman Woolsey fun and showing Ashley Routson (aka @TheBeerWench aka my@ProjectYine partner in crime) around wine country.   We visited Russian River Brewing Company, Michel-Schlumberger, Bella Winery, St. Supery, [...]

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barrel tasting weekend two: passion for pinot.

Monday, March 16, 2009

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Saturday March 14th was the big Barrel Tasting event for me.  This time I was to be accompanied by my local Sonoma County group of friends, as well as some out of town wine blogging/twitter friends, including @Robbin_G, @Winebratsf, @BrixChick_Liza, @MmWine, and local friends @Oenophilus and @SonomaWineGuy. We made the stops in Dry Creek Valley at [...]

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barrel tasting day two: wine-napped & twitterpated.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

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Barrel Tasting this past Sunday was supposed to be day # 2 of new adventures and discoveries…  Basically, an extension of the agenda from Saturday. It started off normal enough.  I met up with Thea at a new winery in the Russian River Valley called Copain Wines (aka @Copain). The Copain tasting room is located on [...]

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wine tasting as just one of the guys.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Recently I spent a day wine tasting throughout Dry Creek Valley.  True, I do this all the time, so it is not blog worthy. The difference is that this time I went with my two roommates and a friend of theirs from Chicago (for this blog post I shall call him Ed, because [...]

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My favorite time of year in Sonoma County.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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Spring in Sonoma County is welcomed in mid-February by the bright blossoms of mustard flowers that line the vineyard rows.  By April the flowers have all been mowed down to make room for the grapes to be re-born.  This is my favorite time of year to drive through Dry Creek Valley, enjoy in [...]

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