2023 is here, and we’re already circling dates on the calendar and purchasing tickets to our favorite California wine festivals. Wine festivals are a great way to taste hundreds of wines in one place, talk to the producer, and spend a day under the sun or stars sipping wine and
If you’re new to wine, then visiting your local grocery store, wine shop, or even your neighborhood Costco can be a nightmare. In each of these locations, you will encounter hundreds of producers, dozens upon dozens of grape varieties, and wine regions with unfamiliar names from unfamiliar places.
Wine festivals are a great way to experience dozens and dozens of producers at once (the California Wine Festival features hundreds of different wines!), while also learning more about the brand from a winery representative or, in some cases, the winemaker themselves. Festivals, like the ones put on by the
For better or worse, the wine-tasting experience has evolved. We’ve experienced this change first hand as we have made our way through California’s most popular wine-tasting region: Napa Valley. A decade or so ago, maybe even a few years before the pandemic, you could drive along the Silverado Trail or
Raise your hand if your interest in wine started off as a hobby, but quickly took on a life of its own and turned into a lifestyle.
It’s that time of year! The holidays are here, and it’s time to stock your fridge with a few bottles of Champagne for Christmas brunches, holiday dinners, and, of course, New Year’s Eve.
There are so many decanters on the market, and so many styles of wine, sometimes it’s difficult to know which sized decanter to use with which grape variety, and how long each type of wine needs to be decanted.
