Tasting Room

Francis Ford Coppola and Eleanor were at the North Coast Wine Challenge — that is with six degrees of separation. Corey Beck sat on our panel and the CEO and chief winemaker of Geyserville’s ...

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2018/04/17/the-coppolas-at-the-north-coast-wine-challenge/

Some see Costco as the devil incarnate because when you shop there you give way to temptation; you begin to buy in bulk. For the wine connoisseur, this could mean a pallet of wine instead of a bo...

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2018/03/15/is-costco-the-devil-incarnate-heres-our-wine-survival-guide/

This Valentine’s Day, if you want to step into your senses and benefit North Bay Fire victims at the same time, check out this hip “Devoured Party” on Feb. 10. Devoured plays to romantic fo...

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2018/01/30/3055/

Zinfandel fanatics are preparing to make their yearly pilgrimage to San Francisco Jan. 18 to 20 to taste through countless bottles of zinfandel as the 2016 vintage rolls onto the market. And so i...

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2018/01/16/zin-crazed-zinex-the-ultimate-pairing/

I am an unabashed fan of sparklers – so much so that an editor once called me Bubbles Melnik. Every year I get excited for the bubbly tastings and this year, as I tasted through two flights of�...

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2017/12/26/the-countdown-for-bubbles-has-begun-2/

Sunday’s Rise Up Sonoma event raised 550,000 for people who are suffering from the worst firestorm in California’s history, killing 24 people in Sonoma County, leaving thousands homeless, and...

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2017/12/05/rise-up-sonoma-raises-550000/

Luther Burbank’s “chosen spot in all the world” is showing its resilience in the aftermath of the wildfires. The land, ribbed with vineyards, is scarred but people in this agrarian culture ...

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2017/11/21/wine-country-scarred-buy-resilient/

  The other day I leapt out of bed after seeing what I thought were flames on a mountain ridge in the not so distant sky. Luckily, I was mistaken. The raging fire I imagined was a harmless orang...

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2017/10/16/living-in-limbo-has-become-the-new-normal/

Free Wine Fountain Opens In Italy (24 hours)  

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2017/10/07/one-mayor-in-italy-knows-how-to-draw-a-crowd-with-vino/

To celebrate the cabernet harvest, Jordan Winery released parody video, “Shape of Cab.”

https://tastingroom.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/2017/09/22/the-grammy-award-for-best-parody-goes-to/