A visit to Head High and Three Sticks vineyards, Sonoma, CA (video)

Feb 10, 22 A visit to Head High and Three Sticks vineyards, Sonoma, CA (video)

Posted by in All, California, N. America

Last month, I was in the States and visited Head High and Three Sticks vineyards in Sonoma, CA while I was there. Chris Mattson, Jennifer Abram and Britt Richards (Head High winemaker ) from Head High/Three Sticks vineyards were kind enough to take a morning and show me around some of their vineyards. We started at Durrell...

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Hippodrome Wine Club-upcoming tasting

Jan 07, 22 Hippodrome Wine Club-upcoming tasting

Posted by in All, California

Before the pandemic, I had heard about the Hippodrome Wine Club and, as I had gone occasionally to the Hippodrome to gamble a bit, I think it’s a great idea that they have their own wine club. I received this press release and am happy to pass along this information to my readers. I’ll be in California later this month...

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Seattle and San Digeo over the holidays

In a previous post, I told you all about the American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card and all the wonderful things that you can use your Starpoints for – such as hotel stays, flights, experiences, merchandise,etc. Well, AmEx and Starwood decided to really show me what you can do with Starpoints and that’s...

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San Diego Cellars – a downtown urban winery

Jan 11, 14 San Diego Cellars – a downtown urban winery

Posted by in All, California, Travel

I spent the majority of my holiday break in San Diego, Ca., which was nice and sunny, of course. But besides the sun and sea, San Diego also has their very own urban winery. The concept of urban wineries more or less started in California but has since spread to many other parts of the States – Washington and Oregon in...

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Wine making in the back country of San Diego, Eagles Nest Winery, Ramona AVA

Aug 20, 13 Wine making in the back country of San Diego, Eagles Nest Winery, Ramona AVA

Posted by in All, California, N. America, Travel

I try to visit the States in the summertime to keep a finger on the pulse of the American wine world and of course, to visit family and friends. This year, one of my first stops in the US was San Diego, Ca. I went to university in San Diego so I have a bit of a soft spot for the region but back in the day, there weren’t many...

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Hahn Estates Wine Country Tapas in London

Nov 15, 12 Hahn Estates Wine Country Tapas in London

Posted by in California, Food and Wine, restaurants

Although I’m from California, I’m really not all that familiar with the wines of California. Of course, I know your Mondavis and Fetzers but as so many of California’s wines don’t ever make it to the UK’s shores, I am a bit in the dark as to what they are doing over there. So, I was quite pleased to be...

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