Spoiler Alert: This post is about Friday Night’s Virtual Tasting! ~ Greetings, this is Brian Oeno, reporting from the future. ~ Got your Tasting Mat? http://www.ridgewine.com/images/acrobat/fall2013-tasting-mat.pdf Check. Saved the Live Stream Link? http://www.livestream.com/ridge_wine Check. Got wine? 2010 Ridge Vineyards Lytton… Read More ›

Viticultural Salmagundi
Wine talk that knows no boundry.
Christopher Prepares The Holiday Feast: Part I, The Camembert Chronicles
Post Summary: 4488: A Ridge Blog celebrates the launch of the Ridge Vineyards 2013 Holiday Offerings by pledging to prepare each of the six signature Wine & Food pairings featured in the 2013 Ridge Vineyards Holiday Feast. Haiku & Hi-jinks… Read More ›
Ain’t Nobody Here But Me And My ’91 Monte Bello …
Your Monday morning was probably similar to my Monday morning … In that you too probably tasted 21 wines before noon … But did you taste this? Long-time readers of this blog may recall a post from 2009: 1991 RIDGE… Read More ›
Oh no, Rock N’ Roll, Lou Reed Is Gone.
After we closed the Monte Bello Tasting Room today, I put on The Ramones. A very unusual occurrence. More often than not, I stick with The Jazz for closing up shop. When the team needs a bit of a lift,… Read More ›
The Very Mysterious Music of the Very Mysterious “P Noh”
I have received a surprisingly steady parade of questions lately, concerning the music on many of our recent YouTube videos (The Ridge Vineyards YouTube Page) What is the music, where did it come from, and most specifically, who, or what,… Read More ›
Take It To “The Bridge” – (Bridge School Benefit Concert, That Is!)
Spoiler Alert: This post is about a lovely wine event I had the pleasure of co-hosting at restaurant Quattro (Four Seasons/Silicon Valley) yesterday, featuring delicious wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and for which I poured our new (and VERY… Read More ›
I Almost Can’t Even Say It. But Here Goes … A 5 liter bottle of 1982 Monte Bello Is Opening!!! Right Now!!!
I’m almost too trembly to type. This is too much for me. The names, the places, the wine …. Ah, it’s too much! No, it’s not. I can do this. Ok, here goes … Michael Madrigale. Ah! Wow, Michael Madrigale…. Read More ›