This week’s Bargain Wine is Broadside Merlot from Paso Robles. The California city of Paso Robles sits about halfway between Los Angeles and San…
Along Napa Valley’s Highway 29, are many large, clearly signposted tasting rooms; Gamble Family Vineyards is not one of these. The tasting room is…
We have written on several occasions that Napa’s road less travelled, Silverado Trail, is home to many of the best wineries in the valley.…
Côtes de Bordeaux is a collection of five regions in the Bordeaux area of France. Four regions formed a union in 2009: Côtes de…
In early April, Amber and I, with a couple of close friends, headed to Prague for a long weekend. It is probably not a…
Finding the Veritas Winebar was a piece of serendipity. We had received a recommendation from Mónica, who had given us a tour of the…
This week’s bargain wine of the week is Quail Oak Merlot. Quail Oak is Safeway’s own brand wine; an attempt to tap into the…
Materra means Mother Earth in Latin and is the name of a Merlot focused vineyard that California Girl and I recently visited. The vineyard…
This week our hunt for bargain wines led me to try Dark Horse Big Red Blend. The wine is priced at under $10. We…