Alert! #WRBT13 Advance Ticket Sales END Monday 25 February!
Our 35th Annual Wine Road Barrel Tasting, affectionately twitter-known as #WRBT13, with her own Facebook page, is almost here! Advance ticket sales end Monday 25 February- the event does NOT sell out, but the ticket price rises to $50 per person per weekend at the door. So best deal- purchase your tickets now: First Weekend! Second Weekend! Gadzooks! you may be saying- how have I not heard of this fine Northern Sonoma County Tradition? BARREL TASTING – TWO WEEKENDS….. March 1-3 and March 8-10, 2013 11:00 am – 4:00 pm each day Members of the Wine Road would like to welcome you to our wineries and lodgings for an exciting weekend of wine tasting. This is your chance to sample wines from the barrel, talk to...
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I pop in to see Kathleen Inman at Inman Family Wines. She has a sweet write up in the Press Democrat! And I see that she is also appearing at MORE MAGAZINE’S Women of the Vine Grand Tasting. I am on an Inman Rose Quest and it goes smashingly! Endless Crush…could there possibly be a more romantic name and idea? No. Romantic, organic, delicious, personal, accessible, friendly- well no wonder we all have an Endless Crush! Here’s looking at you,...
Read MoreWilliamson Wines: FAM Adventure #3
My Wine Road/ Blue Heron Custom Tours & Travel, Bay Area Concierge FAM tour finds me at Williamson Wines, just off the Healdsburg Plaza, home to amazing wine and food pairings- and great staff- AND Bill & Dawn Williamson! Here wines are produced with the Williamson personal tastes and the tastes of their very close Wine Club members well in mind- personal all the way- special Wine Club and foodie events, including the recipes and foods that are paired with the delicious Williamson Wines. And those Epicurean Dinners!! Today, a rather wintry one, we arrive to find our places lovingly set at an impressive wooden table, in a warm, hospitable room with other wine tasting supplicants, ready for the education, wine, wine & food miracles and then...
Read MoreZin Restaurant & Wine Bar: FAM Adventure Lunch
My Concierge FAM Tour with Blue Heron Custom Tours & Travel finds me at lunch at Zin Restaurant & Wine Bar in Healdsburg. Delicious Baby of Jeff Mall, Zin is a popular spot among locals and visitors alike, and I spy many rock-star wine folks enjoying the food, wine and Healdsburg vibe. Here’s looking at you,...
Read MoreMedlock Ames: FAM Adventure #2
My FAM tour fun continues with Rick Spear, Blue Heron Custom Tours & Travel, and our five SF Bay Area concierges, taking a tour through the Alexander Valley, via Chalk Hill Road. We arrive at Medlock Ames TR and are swept up with the cool, retro-farmhouse/country vibe, clean architectural lines, wooden construction, exquisite lighting fixtures, expansive grounds and gardens and the surrounding vines, all swept clean by a brisk northerly breeze, keeping the sky very blue and the clouds smartly scudding. We are met by knowledgeable staff who not only provide information on the winery and winery families, but also impart background on Bell Mountain Ranch. This occurs at the tasting bar while wines are deliciously paired up with tasty snacks-...
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