Day 4 of our Santa Barbara adventure started with a return trip to Lompoc to visit a man whose passion about the region contributed to my wanting to visit. He had me hooked! And just a reminder that if you haven’t read Part 1 and
After a fantastic first day in the Santa Barbara Wine Country, we were ready for more. After enjoying some morning coffee, along with a couple of goodies from Mortensen’s Danish Bakery, from our little courtyard patio (see my room tip for Part
I was late to the party, but I finally made it. To Santa Barbara Wine Country that is. These days, very few exciting things happen in the world of tax law in my office. It’s not that we’re not doing work (just the opposite). It’s just that it doesn’t excite
The third Friday of September is upon us so that means it is almost International Grenache Day. No, we don’t need a “wine holiday” to drink wine, but I always think its fun to toast the day, particularly when it’s dedicated to a varietal that doesn’t get a lot of
EDS719 was pretty good but now its time for the August edition. And oh August, how I have a love-hate relationship with you! It can be brutally hot as evidenced by the continuous slate of 100+ degree days we had
Temecula wine country is a pretty easy region to travel to as it is about sixty miles north of San Diego and ninety miles southeast of Los Angeles. Located within the larger South Coast AVA, Temecula Valley sits about twenty miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. Given the ease of
2020 was like, “I wreaked all sorts of havoc in your life.” 2021 was like “hold my beer!” I so expected 2021 to be such
“Sustainability is the new paradigm of the 21st century. Producers who do not make sustainability a core part of their business model will become progressively
You’ve heard me say it before – Texas is bigger than France. So it’s no wonder that it has a wide diversity of wine grapes
