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A new tasting room favorite of mine is the Cinnabar Winery tasting room in Saratoga Village. Having tasted their Mercury Rising a number of times, it struck me that it’s not mentioned on VinoForLess. Here we have it.
2005 Mercury Rising
Cinnabar Vineyard & Winery
Where to Buy: Cinnabar Vineyard & Winery Tasting Room on Big Basin Way, [...]

Saturday, wine tasting at J. Lohr lead my wife and I to Lemmon Percussion where a young drummer told us about a new wine store called Wine Affairs. Serendipity had it that Saturday was Grand Opening at Wine Affairs, complete with a sparkling tasting. Here’s the run down.
Canella Burt Rose NV - Italiano [...]

I spent Saturday with friends in Sonoma, visiting three great wineries. Cline Cellars was one of these wineries, where my party arrived at 5:45. We knew we’d have a short 15 minutes or so to taste. Typically, tasting rooms are gracious enough to let you finish a tasting menu, even if it’s [...]

OMG, it’s been too long since my last post! I’ve been sitting on this one for weeks.
As a belated birthday gift, I received a subscription to Wine & Spirits magazine. (My friends know me too well.) As fate would have it, my first issue, June 2007 features 100 top values of the [...]

Sami and I just celebrated 13 years of marriage, and as part of a low-key celebration this year, we stayed at a bed and breakfast in Nevada City. Our adventures took us to an afternoon of wine tasting in downtown Grass Valley. Among our stops were Burch Hall Winery. If you ever [...]

I’m always extolling the virtues of the Santa Cruz wine region, particularly because it’s in my backyard. In my humble opinion, too many Santa Clara county locals make the long haul to Napa for overpriced and sometimes overly pretentious wine tasting. I have a feeling that the majority of Santa Cruz county folk [...]

This past Wednesday afternoon, I was received a fortuitous last minute invitation to a wine tasting at Zanotto’s Market on Naglee Avenue. It was my first time to this affair, which is a well kept secret among Rose Garden residents and regulars at Zanotto’s. It turned out to be a wonderful evening of [...]

Today was my roommate’s 28th birthday. Seeing as how the media plastered the TV with reminders that today was daylight savings, we got enough sleep to enjoy the day. And, what a day it was. Sun shine and 76 degrees. So, we decided to have a french style picnic, but with [...]

Being that yesterday was an amazingly sunny day here in Silicon Valley, I decided to take a new friend out to the Picchetti winery, where I am a member. I had received an email about them releasing 3 new wines. One of them was perfect for the day.
Wine: 2005 Mattie Rosé
Winery: Picchetti Winery
Location: [...]

I’ve enjoyed two Pinots in the past couple of weeks. I’m enjoying a glass of this Mirassou tonight.
Mirassou Winery
2005 Pinot Noir, California
Price: Definitely less than $18, probably less than $15
Where to buy
Yes I do drink alone on occassion, and that’s OK (although not recommended for most). This Pinot isn’t busting at the seams with [...]