Not exactly wine news, I know, but it was fun to be a part of something big and just down the road from the winery where I work. Last night, I tasted Absinthe for the first time–in Alameda, the night before St. George Spirits started selling to the masses today for $75 a bottle. Forbidden Island, […]
I don’t think I’ve ever talked about the teaching part of my past before. It was something I was interested in as a kid and later in high school when I taught Sunday School at Holy Savior Catholic Church and with my Girl Scout troop who was always teaching younger girls songs and crafts. But […]
Readers and drinkers, the other day I asked you for wine shop advice for my neck of the woods. Well, thanks to a co-worker, I checked out an unusual source for wine today and may have hit the jackpot. The Grocery Outlet (Bargains Only! they say) in Oakland, on Broadway between 29th and 30th, may […]
If you know that JC Cellars shares a tasting room with Dashe, you may have been wondering why I didn’t mention it in my last post…. I did taste there, too, but decided that even though the two wineries share a facility and a tasting room, they should be treated as two separate entities, which […]
I had some experience with Dashe Cellars before trekking through Jack London Square in Oakland in the attempts of finding the winery. Pam Maners often brings us the Riesling to sip on Saturday afternoons while working the busy crowds at Rosenblum, and I had tasted the Vin Gris at the East Bay Vintners Festival […]
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