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SF Vintners Market: Tasting AND Buying!
Every once in awhile–wait, scratch that. Every few months it seems now, someone comes up with something exciting, new and innovating in the world of wine. In this particular case, that new and...
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Man Falls in the Vines – #MFITV
I’m delirious to announce a new project that I’ve stumbled into, courtesy of my fantastic sabbatical, rather sabbradical, from my work at Genentech: I am working the 2011 wine harvest (#Harvest2001) at...
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#MFITV – The Fruit Gets Done
Weeks 2 and 3 of Man Falls in the Vines began super busy at the winery, but finished with the quietness of fermenting tanks. I have already talked of the craziness of Week 1 for #MFITV, when we...
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#MFITV: Draining, Digging, & Barreling Down
The heart of the Harvest season can be a surreal and crazy time. Yes, of course I guess, it’s crazy when you have a ton of things going on at once, including actual tons of ripe fruit to process and...
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#MFITV: 2011 Harvest Thoughts & the Quiet Winery
The 2011 Harvest is done. It has actually been done for the Northern California wine industry for a few weeks, but I needed those weeks to digest all that I have experienced (and re-acclimate to my...
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San Francisco Vintners Market 5 Comes Alive! (Big Discount!)
I attend a large number wine events. That might even be an understatement, to which my fine readers can attest! Thus, I feel that it’s saying something to describe an upcoming wine event as one of my...
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Pinot Days, are here again (with a discount)!
Oohhh, happy days are here againnn, for Pinot Days (Twitter, Facebook) is BACK again! My imbibing readers might remember that I’m a rather large fan of this grand tasting, held each year at Fort Mason...
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ZAP is BACK!
Or rather, *I’m* back at ZAP this year! But what is ZAP you say; what is this electric onomatopoeia? Why, it is the annual ritual to celebrate the grape of Zinfandel; as performed by the masters of...
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Kickstarting Block122.com
I have some very exciting news to share with my happy and wine-loving Vinopanions! While I hinted at this news earlier this year, I can now announce the official Kickstarter campaign for the fantastic...
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#Napa: Back to home and #wine
I’m never one to make big leaps in my life. Yes, about every ten years or so, the lady Beth Fontaine (Tw) and I seem to subconsciously start the process to evaluate our future in the context of our...
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Guest Post: #Vinopanion Roy Jurgens visits Paso Robles
It is quite the rare occasion here at Vinopanion (WL, FB, Tw, IG) when we greenlight a guest post. But, recently a Vinopanion reader contacted us about possible recommendations for a lovely planned...
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A return to Spain: #OleWinos!
And so it is, #Vinopanion has the fortuitous chance to reconnect with a culture of people, food, and most certainly of wine; one that feels natural and which brings familiarity, even where it shouldn’t...
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#OleWinos Final Day: Tilenus/Estefanía & the little #wine valley that could
The final day of our brilliant #OleWinos trip was spent in a little appellation in the northern part of Spain, tucked in between still snowy mountains (if only we had that snow and rain in...
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