What Do Footie Pajamas Have to Do with Pinot Noir?

August 30, 2011

  When do you wear footie pajamas? When it’s cold. When do you wear footie pajamas during the summer months? When you live on The Extreme Sonoma Coast where some of the best Pinot Noir in California (and perhaps the world) are grown. When I was growing up, I loved difficult math problems, working on [...]

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Wine Harvest 2011

August 16, 2011

As the summer days quickly fly by, the grapes are ripening on the vine and harvest is looming on the horizon.  My mind and Much of my energy focus on the Wine Country activities in the coming months.  I know intimately the craziness, passion, and exhaustion that are an integral part of this time of [...]

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Technical World vs. Wine

July 14, 2011

The technical world has dominated my life for what seems like an eternity as I’ve worked with my webmaster and mentor, Jose Diaz, on upgrading this website. What we envisioned as a two week project has stretched into 10 very long weeks including sleepless nights and 18-hour days and we’re not finished yet. The goal [...]

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ARE WINEMAKERS PRODUCING ELEGANTLY STYLED PINOT NOIRS?

June 8, 2011

The 9th Pinot Noir Shootout and Summit Results Say, “Yes!” New World Pinot Noir has been evolving over the last several vintages to wines of elegance and varietal authenticity rather than burly Syrah-like Pinots, the muscular Pinot Noirs made popular by a few influential reviewers and their publications. And it’s about time! I’m delighted that [...]

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Spring has sprung and I’m thinking Chardonnay

May 9, 2011

Readers of my blog know that I’m a Pinot Noir fanatic but as this beautiful warm weather keeps coming on, I am thinking more and more about white wines. I look for the same characteristics in white wines as I do Pinot Noirs…balanced wines with great acidity that can only come from cooler growing regions. [...]

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Pinot Noir Shootout & Summit Overview & Results

April 17, 2011

Complete Results of the Pinot Noir Shootout and Summit here Pinot Noir, the most exciting, confounding, and challenging wine there is has been the focus of the Pinot Noir Shootout and Summit for nine years. We never tire of tasting these wines, enjoying old friends and discovering new ones. In this, the 9th Annual Pinot [...]

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Pinot Noir Shootout & Summit Updates

March 16, 2011

Seduced by Pinot Noir…they indulged their passion! Pinot Noir Lovers Embrace Elegant Wines Press Release Top Wines as Announced at the Summit Results Pinot Noir Shootout & Summit Awards Blog Post        Experience the 9th Annual Pinot Noir Summit Monique Soltani, Wine Oh TV, joined us at the Pinot Noir Summit. Check out her [...]

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9th Pinot Noir Shootout and Summit Awards

March 7, 2011

Check out the list of amazing wines that won awards at the 9th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout and Summit. Click here for descriptors and scores by gender (Gold Medal) Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards 2008 La Encantada Vineyards Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills, $43.00 591 cases produced Alysian Wines 2007 Estate Floodgate Vineyard Pinot Noir, [...]

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The Pinot Noir Summit…they immersed themselves in Pinot Noir!

March 2, 2011

Over 350 wine lovers packed the Hilton San Francisco Financial District on Saturday to attend the 9th Annual Pinot Noir Summit. Hosted by Affairs of the Vine, CRN Digital Talk Radio and Snooth the Pinot Noir Summit is a journey of exploration to taste, discover and unearth amazing Pinot Noirs. A very fortunate group of [...]

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Too Much of a Good Thing…

February 7, 2011

As you know, I like to be out there on the cutting edge of what’s going on in the vineyards and wineries.  I’ve been known to stick my neck out on predictions now and then. I planned to research and write this post but my husband wrote it first. So I share with you, John [...]

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