Dec 21, 2011 | Blog, Dry Creek Valley, Locals: Great Wines Mean Good Times, Peterson Winery, Super Tuscan Style Blend, Wine: 2008 Peterson Vignobles - Petite Sirah Blend - Dry Creek Valley
Peterson’s Vignobles is a Petite Sirah lover’s Petite Sirah. This wine, across the range of producers, can be all over the park and some are bland while others are stellar. The 2008 Peterson Vignobles is great even by Peterson’s standards. I ordered...Dec 21, 2011 | Blog, Eric Ross Winery, Grape Harvest 2011, Harvest, Locals: Great Wines Mean Good Times, Lodi, Wine: 2010 Eric Ross Tempranillo
Watch as the grapes used to make the Eric Ross Tempranillo Wine are harvested from the Bokisch Vineyards in Lodi, CA. Notice the special attention that is being paid to removing any leaves and extra materials that could get in the way of making this great wine. Here...Dec 21, 2011 | Blog, Locals: Great Wines Mean Good Times, Peterson Winery, Wine: 2009 Peterson Old School Zinfandel - Dry Creek Valley, Wine: 2009 Peterson Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley
I buy Peterson wines from Locals year in and year out. I’ve been a member since April of 2003 when I stumbled across the tasting room with a former girlfriend. I joined the Nouveau Hicks that day. The lady is long gone, but Locals is still with me. Then I met...Dec 13, 2011 | Bedarra, Bedarra Vineyards, Blog, Locals: Great Wines Mean Good Times, Wine: 2008 Bedarra Reserve Chardonnay
After the annual haggling over pricing, the Dungeness crabs have arrived. Around Sonoma County, we can soon indulge in crab-eating orgies in support of various Rotary, Kiwanis, and Soroptomists. Or, you can grab whole crabs yourself for just $5.59/lb boiled and...Dec 10, 2011 | Blog, Eric Ross Winery, Fish Stew, Locals: Great Wines Mean Good Times, pinot noir, Pumpkin, recipe, Wine: 2009 Saracina Sauvignon Blanc, Wine: 2010 Eric Ross Pinot Noir Saralee Vineyard, Wine: 2010 Praxis Voignier
Tod Hill – Locals Wine Club member….and friend Climate change be damned, there is nothing like a drought-on-the-horizon mid December day in Sonoma County. Yesterday I awoke to brilliant sunshine, frost on my roof and all three dogs under the covers. By mid...