A couple of years ago, I was sent a wide variety of wines from the Santa Lucia Highlands to try. Before that, I’d only had a cursory introduction of the region, which is to say that I’d tasted a couple of wines from some of the region’s notable producers. And
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
If you’ve been around these parts much, you know that I am a BIG fan of Pinot Noir. It’s literally the varietal that got me
Along with Anguilla, Alentejo is one of those places I visited recently that really spoke to my heart. Located in southern
OK, so I tried for one cycle to do a bi-monthly Texas roundup – I combined May & June). I knew June would be busy
