Another GLORIOUS holiday event at Gloria Ferrer this week. Winemaker Kyle Altomare and I discuss Pour+Explore Sparkling Extravaganza on Thursday December 11th, a tasting of 25 different Sonoma County Vintners producers!
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An EPIC conversation with California Chardonnay icon David Ramey of Ramey Wine Cellars about the joys of working with this legendary white grape and it’s noble red grape counterpart Pinot Noir grown at his family’s estate property on Westside Road in Russian River Valley and the exciting new Pour+Explore Chardonnay & Pinot Noir wine tasting event, happening at Bacchus Landing, in Healdsburg next Thursday, Nov 13th!
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All sorts of celebrations going on this month, which we share with my friends Chris O’Gorman & Katie LaLonde on THE VARIETAL SHOW! Talking about Rodney Strong and Davis Bynum, and the greatness of their Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs being poured at the epic upcoming event with 35-plus Sonoma County Vintners that specialize in making world-class wines at the next exciting Pour+Explore event happening Thursday, November 13 at Bacchus Landing in Healdsburg!!!
Enjoying the finest Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes with the twins from Bacigalupi Vineyards and talking about the exciting Pour+Explore tasting that we’ll be doing with the Sonoma County Vintners at Bacchus Landing on November 13th, and a preview of the equally cool events we’ll be doing together on 2026 to celebrate the contributions that this family and others made to help Chateau Montelena win the famous Paris Tasting in 1976!
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. . . is when a winemaker and a sommelier get together, the conversation always leads back to what’s in the glass.
I join Deepak Gulrajani, founder and winemaker of Nicholson Ranch, to share insights on how the land, the vintage, and the craft all shape their wines! Plan your visit to this amazing vineyard property in Sonoma Valley.
Getting ready for the exciting Sonoma County Wine Celebration weekend and annual auction that raises critical funds that help the local charities, with my great pals Prema Kerollis of Three Sticks and Melanie Schaffer of Gloria Ferrer!!!
For more information about the festivities or how you can proxy bid on the amazing auction lots available, visit the Sonoma County Vintners site. See you there!
Last preview of the sensational wine blends featured at the Pour & Explore: Super Blends Wine Tasting, the event that Sonoma County Vintners and I will be co-hosting at Trentadue Winery in Geyserville on Thursday evening, August 21, from 5:30 -7:30 PM. Enjoy this discussion I had with star winemaker Tim Bell of Dry Creek Vineyard, sharing three brilliant Super Blends they will be pouring at this amazing event, which marks the largest collection of red, white and pink high-end cuvee wines and proprietary blends crafted with high-quality fruit grown in Sonoma County.
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Enjoy this cool conversation I had with Trentadue winemaker Miro Tcholakov, on THE VARIETAL SHOW we discuss the three Super Blends he’ll be pouring at Pour+Explore and the art of blending these high-quality grapes together to make these flavorful wines each year!
Just a preview of the high-class wines that will be featured at this exclusive public event that Sonoma County Vintners and I will be co-hosting at Trentadue Winery in Geyserville on Thursday, August 21 from 5:30 -7:30 PM. TICKETS still available!
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It’s been a minute since our last YouTube content of THE VARIETAL SHOW, with lots of interim shorts on Instagram, but never fear, we will always be back!
Kicking things off we celebrate the accomplishments of Lodi Wine with star wine writer & sommelier Randy Caparoso and former Lodi Mayor and Wine Commission Director Mark Chandler! Together we share wines from Birichino, Ironstone & St. Amant.
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THE VARIETAL SHOW is at Hartford Family Winery, talking about the divine history of Zinfandel vines grown in Sonoma County with rockstar winemaker Jeff Stewart, who will be pouring these fab wines with us at the exclusive Sonoma County Vintners Pour & Explore Zinfandel Tasting happening this Thursday, July 10th at St. Francis Winery & Vineyard in Kenwood from 5:30-7:30 PM. More information & TICKETS HERE!
