Websites can be a blessing, websites can be a curse. For a producer such as Ridge –with a long history, deep library, and philosophy-first aesthetic– a website is both a challenge and an opportunity. How best to chronicle a cornucopia… Read More ›
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Just A Few Seats Left!
Consider The Monte Bello. Consider many Monte Bellos: Then consider this place: A Voce — Wine Spectator Grand Award-Winning Restaurant in NYC And these people: Olivier Flosse: Legendary Bordeaux-trained Sommelier (holder of the coveted Diploma-Universitaire d’Aptitude a la Degustation, Bordeaux,… Read More ›
Penticton Angels, Oeno Bums, and a Wine Blogger On The Road
Penticton Angels, Oeno Bums, and a Wine Blogger On The Road is a short film from #WBC13 (the 2013 Wine Bloggers Conference), chronicling the people, places, and wines of this year’s conference, shot on location in and around Penticton, British… Read More ›
#RidgeSomms: WWTAWWTAW, Part III: The Vineyards
What We Talk About When We Talk About Wine: Part III, The Vineyards Ridge Vineyards comes philosophy first. Meaning; origin story. Meaning; understanding Ridge means understanding land. Means walking hallowed rows, means meaning. Meaning; walk on … ~ Whether it… Read More ›
#VineWatch13: Week 21!
As Buster Poindexter once noted, it’s Hot, Hot Hot. And while Kurt Cobain may have had something else in mind when he penned, for the lyrics to “In Bloom,” that “weather changes moods,” it is in fact true that we’re… Read More ›
Hello “49°29′28″N 119°35′19″W”, otherwise known as Penticton, British Columbia!
The 2013 Wine Bloggers Conference awaits! And I … … am excited! I am excited for a great many reasons. I am especially excited because the conference is being held in beautiful British Columbia. The conference follows a great model;… Read More ›
#RidgeSomms: In A Portland State Of Mind
I was fortunate enough to attend last year’s Wine Blogger’s Conference, and I was fortunate for many reasons, chief among them being that the conference was held in the great city of Portland. Knowing I was Portland-bound, I advance-queried some… Read More ›
Part II: The Radoux Cooperage (What We Talk About When We Talk About Wine)
In Part II of our 2013 Ridge Vineyards Sommelier Symposium Video Series, you’ll join our Somms as they experience Sonoma’s famed Radoux Cooperage. We at Ridge are quite well-known for our attention to our barrel program, and the close relationships… Read More ›
#RidgeSomms: What We Talk About When We Talk About Wine
What We Talk About When We Talk About Wine (WWTAWWTAW) is a new multi-part video series featuring rarefied behind-the-scenes footage culled from the 2013 Ridge Vineyards Sommelier Symposium. Part I dates to the morning of May 20th, 2013, when our… Read More ›
#VineWatch13: Week 20!
After a week off for #RidgeSomms, we’re ready to get back to #VineWatch13, and I for one can’t wait to see what’s changed since week 18! Let’s have a look at Monte Bello first … Well, the weather’s turned a… Read More ›
