Last week, I filled in for one of my colleagues in writing a wine article in the St. Helena Star. Each month, a panel set up by the Napa Valley Vintners and the paper meet to taste through 3-4 flights of wines from Napa Valley. This month the flights consisted of “ABC” Chardonnay–Anything BUT Carneros. [...]
PALATE PRESS and Brother, Can You Spare a Bottle? have teamed up to help the relief effort in Haiti. Wine for Haiti is a program where wine collectors can donate wines from their cellars to be auctioned off in a benefit for disaster relief. It’s a great cause, and an easy way to show your [...]
On a recent visit to Haber Family Vineyards on Howell Mountain in Napa Valley, Ron Haber brought up a recent comment I had posted on Duane Pemberton’s WineFoot.com. The comment was in response to Duane’s question on why Napa wine are so expensive. Duane’s assertion is that Napa wineries “overcharge” for their wines. While I [...]
I’ve heard this phrase countless times from wineries interested in exploring the world of social media marketing. The truth is, however, that not every winery needs or should have a blog. Before starting a winery blog, here are a few things you might want to keep in mind:
What are your goals? Why do you want [...]
A little over a week ago, Benziger Family Winery hosted a blogger event at their estate. A dozen bloggers were in attendance as the folks at Benziger rolled out the dog-and-pony show. And what a show it was.
Benziger Family Winery was established as an 85-acre family estate in Glen Ellen, California. That’s in Sonoma Valley, [...]
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