California wine - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/california-wine/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 27 May 2024 12:43:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 California wine - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/california-wine/ 32 32 103504436 Wines To Know — Getting Into the San Luis Obispo Coast With Talley Vineyards Is a Delightful Breeze https://houstonnewmedia.org/wines-to-know-getting-into-the-san-luis-obispo-coast-with-talley-vineyards-is-a-delightful-breeze/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wines-to-know-getting-into-the-san-luis-obispo-coast-with-talley-vineyards-is-a-delightful-breeze Mon, 27 May 2024 12:43:15 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=471690 When scheduling my wine tasting sessions, I attempt to be efficient, orderly, logical. I select a few bottles that share commonalities. Say a trio from Rioja of the same vintage. Or five nonvintage sparkling wines from California. This approach offers ...

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]]> 774066 Great Wines For Valentine’s Day — and a Surprisingly Good Super Bowl Wine https://houstonnewmedia.org/great-wines-for-valentines-day-and-a-surprisingly-good-super-bowl-wine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-wines-for-valentines-day-and-a-surprisingly-good-super-bowl-wine Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:36:06 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=380813 Looking for some wines for weekend dinners, or Valentine’s Day, perhaps? My tasting schedule was interrupted recently while I was out of the country — though I did sample some good Mexican wines (more on that later) — but I’m back in the sw...

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]]> 250549 From Bosnia to Santa Barbara and the Forklift Wine Life — This Woman Winemaker Never Shies Away From a Challenge https://houstonnewmedia.org/from-bosnia-to-santa-barbara-and-the-forklift-wine-life-this-woman-winemaker-never-shies-away-from-a-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-bosnia-to-santa-barbara-and-the-forklift-wine-life-this-woman-winemaker-never-shies-away-from-a-challenge Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:35:57 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=336805 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 121885 Giving Up the Doctor Track for a Life in Wine — This Winemaker Found a New Unexpected Path at Michigan State https://houstonnewmedia.org/giving-up-the-doctor-track-for-a-life-in-wine-this-winemaker-found-a-new-unexpected-path-at-michigan-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giving-up-the-doctor-track-for-a-life-in-wine-this-winemaker-found-a-new-unexpected-path-at-michigan-state Thu, 01 Apr 2021 20:31:55 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=334724 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 119435 What You Should be Drinking — These Somerston Cabs Bring Napa Home https://houstonnewmedia.org/what-you-should-be-drinking-these-somerston-cabs-bring-napa-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-you-should-be-drinking-these-somerston-cabs-bring-napa-home Tue, 02 Mar 2021 01:35:47 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=330879 Another day, another virtual tasting. . . and I’m smiling as I write this. The long-distance gatherings have been abundant since COVID-19 turned the world upside down, and while some have been better than others — that’s the way of life, no? — almost a...

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]]> 113030 Napa’s House of Wine — Jeff Cole On Life at the Stunning Sullivan Rutherford Estate https://houstonnewmedia.org/napas-house-of-wine-jeff-cole-on-life-at-the-stunning-sullivan-rutherford-estate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=napas-house-of-wine-jeff-cole-on-life-at-the-stunning-sullivan-rutherford-estate Tue, 12 Jan 2021 01:36:03 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=323204 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 101940 Texas Wine Legends — Jon McPherson Follows in His Iconic Dad’s Footprints https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-wine-legends-jon-mcpherson-follows-in-his-iconic-dads-footprints/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-wine-legends-jon-mcpherson-follows-in-his-iconic-dads-footprints Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:22:47 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=322855 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 100215 Family of Wine — How a Creative Son Keeps the Pisonis’ California Legacy Going https://houstonnewmedia.org/family-of-wine-how-a-creative-son-keeps-the-pisonis-california-legacy-going/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-of-wine-how-a-creative-son-keeps-the-pisonis-california-legacy-going Mon, 28 Dec 2020 07:25:21 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=322533 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 98752 This Winemaker is Inspired by Other Wine Women, Loves Genache and Appreciates a Vintage Jerk — Meet Molly Lonborg https://houstonnewmedia.org/this-winemaker-is-inspired-by-other-wine-women-loves-genache-and-appreciates-a-vintage-jerk-meet-molly-lonborg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-winemaker-is-inspired-by-other-wine-women-loves-genache-and-appreciates-a-vintage-jerk-meet-molly-lonborg Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:21:15 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=319665 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 96002 From French Literature to Crushing Grapes in Sonoma County — New Zoom Star Kathleen Inman’s Wine Life is Full of Soul https://houstonnewmedia.org/from-french-literature-to-crushing-grapes-in-sonoma-county-new-zoom-star-kathleen-inmans-wine-life-is-full-of-soul/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-french-literature-to-crushing-grapes-in-sonoma-county-new-zoom-star-kathleen-inmans-wine-life-is-full-of-soul Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:15:41 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=317041 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 91886 How Studying Spanish Led to a Career in Wine — This Vineyard Guru Loves Birth Year Wines, Cabs and Unusual Paths https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-studying-spanish-led-to-a-career-in-wine-this-vineyard-guru-loves-birth-year-wines-cabs-and-unusual-paths/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-studying-spanish-led-to-a-career-in-wine-this-vineyard-guru-loves-birth-year-wines-cabs-and-unusual-paths Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:29:02 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=317314 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 90617 Stan Kroenke’s Wine Guy — This Dirt Guru is Running Wild in Santa Barbara County https://houstonnewmedia.org/stan-kroenkes-wine-guy-this-dirt-guru-is-running-wild-in-santa-barbara-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stan-kroenkes-wine-guy-this-dirt-guru-is-running-wild-in-santa-barbara-county Wed, 21 Oct 2020 21:56:42 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=313363 I love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an...

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]]> 83986 The Real Story of Priest Ranch, Somerston Estate and Two Bottles of Wine Worth Pursuing https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-real-story-of-priest-ranch-somerston-estate-and-two-bottles-of-wine-worth-pursuing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-real-story-of-priest-ranch-somerston-estate-and-two-bottles-of-wine-worth-pursuing Sat, 10 Oct 2020 03:01:08 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=310621 James Joshua Priest was his name, and he was a gold prospector. In 1869, he established Priest Ranch, in Napa Valley, 660 acres in an area then known as Soda Valley. (Priest, who died in 1896, at 70 years of age, had nine sons, and for a while marketed...

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