Rosé Springs into Season

Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized

It’s spring and that means get out the Rosés. Here at Locals we have a flight of 4 to tempt you with. The first is a brand new SPARKLING Rosé of Pinot Noir from the folks at Treasure Hunter Wines. Because they wanted a try Cava they went all the way to Spain to source...

Congratulations Mike Pendleton!

Mar 25, 2016 | Blog

Pendleton Wines  2013 Alexander Valley wins First Place in the blind tasting at the 10th annual “Affairs of the Vine Cab” Shootout in Reno.  

Bottle Shock

Mar 3, 2016 | Blog

Many times I get asked about the term Bottle Shock” and its impact on wines. It in its benign form bottle shock refers to the confused state when wine is removed from barrel to bottle and usually gets a last adjustment prior to cork placement. This adjustment can...

How our Weather affects the Grapes

Feb 15, 2016 | Blog

Recently a number of you have asked me what effect the warmer than usual weather will have on this season’s harvest. It’s a great question and for answers I went right to the source: our growers and winemakers. Again I am reminded of the great relationship...

Heard in the Tasting Room — PETILLANCE

Jan 25, 2016 | Blog

“Pétillant Naturel” wines were apparently quite the in thing this year among wine nerds. Pet Nats as they are over-cutlely coined are low alcohol wines—usually whites or rosés—frequently fermented only by the yeasts that are naturally present on the skins, then...