Linne Calodo – Paso Robles – Barrel Tasting
February 11 , 2010

On this adventure of Vineyard Vlog, Seth Johnson & Andrew Lazorchak, we’ll take you through a myriad of delicious creations by Matt Trevisan, owner/winemaker at Linne Calodo, a boutique winery that creates some of Paso Robles tastiest gems. It was a beautiful late summer day as we drove into Paso Robles, sun resting upon our […]

Behind The Scenes With Randall Grahm & Bonny Doon
January 04 , 2010

It’s not every day you get to meet your sports hero or see a movie star, and despite all of Randall Grahm’s down to earth attitude and casual approachability – he is one of those inspiring people that I look up to with high regards. In case you don’t know Randall Grahm, he is the […]

Boeschen Vineyards – Napa – Making Wine
December 14 , 2009

Boeschen Vineyards is an estate vineyard and winery on the east side of the Napa Valley floor in St Helena.   I happened to meet Shawn a co-owner and a great guy at Cheers St Helena.  He invited me up to the winery and I finally had the chance to visit right at the end of […]

Monte Maggiore – Part 2 – Bio-Dynamics & Viticulture
November 04 , 2009

In following up from Part 1, Vince takes the group up through the vineyard at MonteMaggiore.  Vince starts off with some background on how they acquired the  property and the background on it’s name.  He then discusses what it means to be a vineyard that is becoming certified as Bio-Dynamic.   Vince discusses some of the […]

MonteMaggiore Part 1
October 31 , 2009

On the last day of the Wine Bloggers Conference we got to visit a winery and do a vineyard walk and tasting.  It was a hot day, but a great time.  I first met Lisa from Montemaggiore at the Rhone Rangers grand tasting, and was a fan of their approach to wine and can’t help […]

Sonoma Vineyard Walks
October 31 , 2009

This is a “sponsored content” video.  As I met Sonoma Vineyard walks at the blogger conference and we happened to be walking together at Monte Maggiore, I decided to post a video for them.  I hope in turn they will point back at me or Soiree. You can find them here . However, for what […]

Rubissow Part 2 – Vineyard Hike & Viticulture
October 29 , 2009

After our introduction to Rubissow and a sampling of the Trompette (as seen in Part 1), a group of us hiked up to the South vineyard of Rubissow.  Tim Milos, wine maker at Rubissow, leads the discussion on viticulture and how they monitor the grapes and what factors ultimately guide them in their decision of […]

Rubissow – Napa Valley
October 24 , 2009

Formerly known as Rubissow Sargent;   Rubissow is a “boutique” winery and vineyard in the Mt Veeder AVA of Napa Valley. I was lucky enough to be invited to this outing and despite the 100 degree heat, it was great!   We were welcomed (15 people or so) by Peter Rubissow, Leslie (Public Outreach/Marketing), and Autumn […]

Bacon – it’s everywhere I go these days…
October 11 , 2009

I am not sure what it is about bacon (other than it’s intense flavor imparting ways) that seems to have the foodie circles just lighting up when they talk about bacon.    Even Rick Bakas has his talks on Bacon and Time Travel.    And in this happenstance flip footage, we have a nasty trio making […]

A Really Murphy Goode Time – w/ Hardy Wallace
October 11 , 2009

Twitter allows for some of the best and most serendipitous moments, ever, to take place.   If you are a wine enthusiast get into twitter, there is so much great info being shared and great people to meet. This video happened as I found myself and a 2 friends cruising thru Healdsburg.  I decided to “tweet” […]