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Every wine lover is born with a finite number of bottles in their future—who wants to waste time on dissapointments?
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Years ago, when wine was merely a nascent interest of mine, I realized there were too few hours in my day to keep up with the expanding world of wine. But I loved discovering new wines.
Over time I developed some trusted guides - winemakers, merchants and importers - who gently guided me into the world of great, undiscovered wines.
Their generosity and passion eventually inspired me to leave a cushy corporate existence to seek my own way in the wine world. That was the genesis of this site and our Solvang wine shop & tasting bar - Tastes of the Valleys.
“One is known by the company one keeps…”
Things we like
- Slow Food - how food choices affect our health and that of our planet.
- Parties that cook! Kitchen comraderie through culinary team building!
- Reaves Gallery- the location of my monthly "Third Tuesdays" wine classes, this hip gallery is new to San Francisco's Hayes Valley.
Places we like
Sites we like
- Amusing Musings From the Wine Road - Every week or so, I find time to post some thoughts picked up during my past few days as a wine merchant and lover of food and wine. One of the top rated wine blogs across the globe, I'm proud to say.
- De Long's Wine Info - fun and informative, be sure to pick up one of their wine charts - a must-have for any serious wine geek.
- Vinography Wine blogger Alder Yarrow is the pioneer who blazed the path followed by every wine blogger on the globe - all 1,000+ of us! His comments are as intelligent as they are evocative.
- The Virtual Corkscrew Museum When a hobby becomes an obsession...
- Nat Decants FREE Wine E-Newsletter An award-winning E-Newsletter containing Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean. Nat has the honor of being the World's Best Drink Writer, according to the discriminating folks at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. She also wrote the book Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass. For book details and/or to subscribe to her newsletter, Click Here.
Books we don’t carry, but really wish we did!
- Untrodden Grapes, Ralph Steadman
- Life Uncorked, Hugh Johnson
- Inspiring Thirst, Kermit Lynch
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