Then have we got an event for you! Kick off your week right with a Ridge Vineyards tasting at California Wine Merchant in San Francisco. Join Ridge’s Christina Donley Monday, October 18 from 6 to 9 for a sampling of single-vineyard… Read More ›
Viticultural Salmagundi
Wine talk that knows no boundry.
T Minus One Day And Counting: Monte Bello Library Tasting!
To me, it’s like a chant, a hymn to the divine. The drone of a low D string, the hum of Uilleann pipes. A numerical mantra, viticultural sutra. The relentless march of an Underwood’s clacking keys, the thump-tom-thump-tap-slide of a walking doghouse bass…. Read More ›
Wine Bloggers Tasting, Edition III: The Lytton Chronicles
For those of you who’ve been following our blog, you may know that we have launched a new event this year, our quarterly Wine Bloggers Tasting. (For more about this, and run-downs on the previous two editions, please click here)… Read More ›
In The Tasting Rooms This Weekend!
As any of you who have been to both Lytton Springs and Monte Bello know, we pour different menus at the two different locations (unless we’ve unified up for an event); the reasons for this our manyfold, not the least… Read More ›
Does Chardonnay Have An Image Problem? -or- Chard, The New York Times, And You
Perhaps you’re familiar with the acronym ABC. Not the Jacksons song, nor a Sesame Street bit. No, I am referring to that subset of the wine-drinking public whose disdain for Chardonnay is so intense it has led them to become part of… Read More ›
One of THOSE days at Monte Bello!
Somtimes the dice are with you, sometimes they’re not. Some days you get people trying to smoke cigarettes on the property (a big no no!), or trying to drink beer (another big no no!). Or someone brings a dog (unfortunately, not… Read More ›
ESPN, The Oakland As, True Love, & Monte Bello
From one of our great friends at the Astoria Wine Group comes proof yet again that, fundamentally, Monte Bello causes true love. Monte Bello; it’s the Viticultural Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Genie in the Bottle, The Magic Lamp; not so much Kevin Costner’s… Read More ›
