Tag Archive for ‘1999 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello’

Another Monday, Monday At The Office!

By Christopher Watkins on January 7, 2013 • ( 2 )

I like Mondays. Why? May I present … … my Monday Morning Meeting. We started in on the zinfandels first. The tasters: Myself Paul Draper (CEO, Head Winemaker) Eric Baugher (VP of Winemaking, Monte Bello) David Amadia (VP Sales &… Read More ›

Wine Bloggers Tasting #2, 6.17.11, The Aftermath …

By Christopher Watkins on June 21, 2011 • ( 4 )

Now THAT was a tasting! An 11-vintage vertical of Monte Bello, tasted blind, with a challenge; try and guess the appropriate chronological order. Needless to say, we put our bloggers to work! Not to mention our staff, who were charged with… Read More ›

Notes from Assemblage Monte Bello: The 1999 Monte Bello

By Christopher Watkins on April 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

Those of us of a certain age lived through the Clinton-era PC years, and digested our requisite dose of political correctness accordingly. The wine industry did so as well, and one of the conventions to largely go the way of the dinosaur… Read More ›