Then come on over to Rosenblum Cellars this Wednesday (July 9), from 6:30 to 8:30! With the help of one of our winemakers—John Kane— we’ll learn how oak goes from the tree to the barrel. And then, more importantly, how that affects our favorite beverage. The hospitable Mr. Kane will lead us on a tour […]
First, a note that Rosenblum Cellars in Alameda is closed today, on the 4th of July.
And because of that, we can enjoy bratwurst and potato salad, etc. But what wine to have? Well, if you’re doing anything with a BBQ sauce, you can’t find a happier companion than Zinfandel, especially if you have some Rosenblum […]
Earlier this month, Kelly and I went a little crazy at the Party Warehouse in Oakland, buying rainbow-themed decorations and disco balls for the tasting room. June is Gay Pride Month, and Rosenblum Cellars has love for all our customers. Therefore, we’ll be having our own Pride celebration tomorrow–Friday, June 27. All day long (11-6) we’ll […]
Tonight I’ll be teaching a wine seminar on California appellations—a liquid crash course. We’ll be covering six AVA’s, tasting our way across the state. Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, Livermore, Contra Costa, Redwood Valley, and of course, Rockpile… which Rosenblum helped put on the map. Then we’ll taste a few more wines blind, to see if folks […]
Okay, so that’s not the real theme. That’s me: completely forgetting about WBW until I read the tweet Dr. Debs left on Twitter last night about her turn at hosting. I had thought about it several times over the past month and had plans to compare the Rhone white hanging out in our collection to several […]
My other wine blog, Wine Outlook, mainly serves to give people information about Rosenblum Cellars, where I work. Upcoming events, interesting characters, wine club updates, and the weekly tasting menu that I write every Friday. That is actually one of my favorite aspects of the job–something that wasn’t even in the description. When people remark on […]
I’m not the kind of girl who has to have Riedel and a perfect white backdrop to enjoy a good bottle of wine. It can be drunk out of plastic glassware on a slightly rough picnic table by the light of a Coleman lantern. Saturday after work, I drove to a campsite at Lake Chabot. All I had to worry […]
Picture me last night: exhilerated and exhausted. The fourth wine seminar at work went really well. After picking out the pairings a couple weeks ago, I hadn’t had much time to work on it with Open House and BK’s mom visiting and other things, such as a BevMo shopping spree. So I really put my […]
This could be one crazy weekend for me. It’s Open House, which is crazy enough by itself, but I think this one is going to be super busy. We sold tickets online for only the third time, and yesterday afternoon found the cap of 800 for today already reached, with plenty of people calling to […]
Richard A from A Passionate Foodie takes the prize. My selection process was very high-tech, as you can see—using my Longaberger wine basket. Once I get his info (he lives in the strict shipping state of Massachusetts but has an address he can use in NH, I think), I will ship him the two bottles […]
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