…please keep your word with your business promises and relationships, it matters.
http://www.texacaliwinetrail.blogspot.com/2012/10/start-up-mode.html
Cheers to you, thank you for following the TexaCali Wine Trail, showing up at my wine events, buying the wines I've so passionately represented over the years and spreading the good word about great wines I so dearly love and believe in. See ya around... TexaCali Ali
- Wine.Woot: 6022 Miles Apart
…please keep your word with your business promises and relationships, it matters.
http://www.texacaliwinetrail.blogspot.com/2012/10/start-up-mode.html
Cheers to you, thank you for following the TexaCali Wine Trail, showing up at my wine events, buying the wines I've so passionately represented over the years and spreading the good word about great wines I so dearly love and believe in. See ya around... TexaCali Ali
- Wine.Woot: 6022 Miles Apart
…home tucked in the curvy hills of the East Bay. FUNNO! Fast forward a few years and TexaCali Ali became known as the " Saké Ninja" due to representing a portfolio of family saké breweries from Japan. With some hesitation at first (due to my saké bomb morning-after experience) I fell head over heels in love with Junmai & Ginjo Saké! So to all those who are making the "bitter beer face" about right now, listen up!...
Junmai Saké is pure saké made with only …
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…wine country. Looking forward to one more glass before I shut things down for the night. Cheers! Ali
Part two: Jason Toon says...
Cabernet Franc currently holds the award for Major Varietal I'm Most Likely To Forget Exists. Nothing against Cabernet Sauvignon's lighter, spicier ancestor - it's just that our paths haven't crossed all that often. And when they did, the Cabernet Franc was usually a secondary ingredient in a blend. So I haven't formed a shorthand …
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Cyprus Pinot on the Deck overlooking Mt. Tam
yeah, you are and you know it. I am too when I can afford the Burgundy producers I so love to collect and drink...but here's a real "drink now and enjoy" Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Coast AVA for only $ 35 a bottle.
I've been singing the praises of the 2010 Cyprus Pinot Noir all Summer and Fall, but think this beautifully well balanced bottle (low-octane!) of Pinot is drinking truly spectacular right …
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A few wines in my glass lately that rock...and lovely suggestions for the Thanksgiving Day table.
2011 Domaine de la Noblaie Chinon Rosé, Loire France $ 17
Noblaie's rosé is produced from younger Cabernet Franc vines, which are planted in the deeper soils at the base of the hillside vineyard. It has a clear and smooth pink color, deep, rich aromas of watermelon and cranberry and loads of lovely fresh red fruits on the palate. According to my better-drinking-other-half at …
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I spent the last few days leading consumer tastings in Whole Foods Markets across the great Chicago area. Honestly, this part of the job is so invigorating to me - talking with wine shoppers always leaves me energized. Wine is such a personal deal (well maybe not the lady who picked up a sample each of Bench Cab and L'Oliveto Chardonnay - mixed them together and threw the new "blend" down her throat). I bet I spoke to at least 200 folks, eye-to-eye over the weekend, asking …
Photo: Craig Lee, Special To The Chronicle / SF
Jon Bonné, the Wine Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle recently featured the 2011 Origine Sauvignon Blanc, RRV produced by Brack Mountain Wine Co., which I find so thrilling after following his tasting notes, reviews, tweets, FB posts for years now. I feel like we have the same taste in wine for the most part and am so honored to have found the Origine Sauvignon Blanc in his Friday wine column last week! …
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HELL YEAH!! High-fives mixed with sleepless nights best describe the past 6 months of my life. Back to Start-Up Mode - Winery Style. Far from the dot-com boom when I first moved to San Francisco over a decade ago. Start-Up Mode back then included a big-ass signing bonus, expense account and high-rolling black tie events and schmooze fests all over the Bay Area.
This time back in Cali, I was shown a tremendously well thought-out business plan by someone who had achieved far …
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Up for air this morning after quite the action packed summer and a big trip in Texas last week selling the Brack Mountain Wine Co. portfolio. My inbox has been flooded with questions of "where can I find Bench Cabernet?". In large part - this post from last March is the #1 hit on google after searching this phrase: "what's a good bottle of Cabernet for $ 20?" SHAAZAAM! Bench Cabernet it is!
The 2009 Bench Cabernet from Alexander Valley was a complete …
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