The Weekend Wine Taster
Update
It has been a busy week so there is no official review of
a particular winery or event. But we did
go 42 straight weeks and it is still our goal to make it 52 straight weeks with
something to say. I went back and looked
at the posts for the past 42 weeks and although we did visit a lot of wineries
we are still really just scratching the surface. There were 60 wineries or events that we
highlighted over the past 42 weeks.
These were not all of the wineries we visited either. We only highlight tasting experiences that
have been positive and there have been many that were not worthy of a positive review. Also there are times when we have had a
really good experience but then by the time you get around to writing about it
your memory is a little thin. Sometimes
you are just so relaxed that you really are not thinking enough at the time to
gather some needed facts. For instance I
see that there is only one post for a Mendocino County winery and I am sure
when we did our last Anderson Valley trip we visited several wineries up there
that we enjoyed. I put together a recap
of where we have gone and reviewed in the last 42 weeks which may factor into where
we go and what we do over the next year or so.
Napa was next with 15 reviews including 2 dealing with
food/restaurants and lodging. Certainly
the most impressive winery facilities are in the Napa area but with some tasting
fees getting out of reach we tend to do a taste at one two in Napa wineries and
are generally happy. We do have 4
scheduled Napa tastings tomorrow and are going to a couple of new spots that
look very impressive.
East Bay/Urban Wineries- We have become big fans. We have reviewed 10 different East Bay
wineries so far and for the most part really enjoy being fans of these
establishments. We hope there are more
worthy of reviews.
The rest of the reviews have been scattered. There is only one review of a Foothill winery
so obviously we need to make a trip to Amador/Calaveras/El Dorado County. The same goes for San Luis Obispo County
since we have not mentioned a single Edna Valley winery. We made only one trip to a ‘valley’ winery
and this was Winters, not Lodi, where there are dozens of wineries. No
trips to Santa Barbara County or Santa Cruz either. We did go to a couple of Festivals and plan
on more of these (Rhone Rangers is next week) and possibly some more wine bars
also. We have lots to look forward to
in2013 and beyond.
One way or another we will get the posts categorized by
the time week 52 or 53 hits and then moving forward we’ll continue to add posts
but probably not at a one a week pace.
The Weekend Wine Taster
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