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Wine

Amateur Wine-drinking

April 19, 2009

Let us momentarily transubstantiate ink for wine, so that with these words I may toast the Valley of the Moon Dilettante Enological Society. Clink. I like these guys, not just because they make wine, but because their name is nearly as pretentious-sounding as my own. I mean, what would it score in Scrabble – infinity? [...]

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Cinderella fermenting in Marin

April 17, 2009

There is a troika of contiguous counties that have laid claim to Northern California wine country – Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino – but Like Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, Kendric Vineyards wants you to know “There is another.” Of course, I didn’t know this at first. The availability of Marin County wines in Sonoma [...]

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SonomaWinos.com

February 6, 2009

My Fellow Sonomans – It’s high time to reclaim the name “Sonoma” from brands beyond our county. Sonoma is not a truck, a pack of cigarettes or a gated community in Florida, nor is “Sonoma Valley,” merely an eau de toilette made in Boston. Sonoma is our home and place of business. Sonoma is our [...]

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Après nous, le Déluge

February 2, 2009

Madame de Pompadour wasn’t talking about ZAP, the annual (and infamous) Zinfandel Advocate and Producers festival, when she said “Après nous, le Déluge,” but no other citation summons the decadence and existential ache that defines the experience. Though de Pompadour was making a splash with the crimson humor, I cannot help transubstantiating wine and blood, [...]

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