Archive for April, 2008

Spring Mountain boutique winery welcomes Heidi Barrett as new winemaker

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

“The Fantesca story is as much a history of our experiences, our property and the people who have produced our wine as it is a story of the alluring and fun-loving Fantesca character that personifies it,” say Susan and Duane Hoff.
If you love Napa Valley wines but haven’t followed the history of winemaking in Napa […]

One good reason why I’m the winehiker

Monday, April 7th, 2008

I read Joe Roberts’ post this morning on 1WineDude about how smoking can diminish the value of tasting wine, and immediately felt obliged to respond. After all, I grew up in a family in which cigarette smoking was nearly de rigueur - everybody smoked, upwards of 3 packs a day.
I remember occasionally volunteering to cook for both […]

Back to work, fool speed ahead

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

As you may have noticed, gentle reader, I’ve been absent from all things blogadelic lately. My contract of 22 months at VMware IT had ended as February had come to a close, and while I had intended to spend some vacation time on the trails admiring a bounty of Spring wildflowers, I quickly found myself […]