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Paso Westside's, Wild, Wet, Windy, Wacky, Weird, Weather
Paso Westside grower, Larry Stanton provides an account of a roller coaster year in the Central Coast...
Chanin Wine, 2008 Chardonnays and Pinots
Chanin's 2009 wines showed very well the last time he visited me. In this interview, he discusses, in detail...
2010 Santa Barbara County Wine Futures Tasting
Similar to En primeur tastings (which are meant get consumers to buy wines before they are bottled)...
Candor: non-vintage wines
Almost every bottle of wine produced in California has a vintage designation - meaning that it's made from. ...
2009 harvest rains
Rains are putting pressure on Central Coast growers, but calm prevails....
Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara
On October 8, 2009, the TTB officially announced the formation of the Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara AVA...
Albawhat?
Albarino is rather obscure to American wine consumers. While it has been produced in Spain for centuries...
Gavin Chanin: Atypical and liking it.
Of all the ambitious and talented young winemakers hitting the Central Coast wine scene, none have yet...
Curt Schalchlin's Sans Liege Wines
I first met Curt Schalchlin at the 2008 Wine in the Pines festival where he was pouring....
Wine in the Pines 2007 recap
The 2007 Wine in the Pines Festival took place in the Pine Mountain Village on June 9th. With new...
Central Coast Pinot in Perspective
It was heaven for Pinot Noir fans: Producers from the west coast and a few representatives from around the world came together in Shell Beach...
2008 Wine in the Pines
After a year of hard work of growth, we return to Pine Mountain Village. This event marks a milestone for us...
2008 Hospice du Rhône
From May 1 to May 3, 2008, the 16th Annual Hospice du Rhône will be held at the Paso Robles Event Center in Paso Robles, California...
2008 World of Pinot Noir is just around the corner
On March 7th and 8th, nearly 200 Pinot noir producers will come together for the eight time in Shell Beach to pour the noble red grape of Burgundy...
The not-so-grand Experiment
Producers and consumers have been searching for ways to enjoy one or two servings of wine without opening...
Wine in the Pines 2007
After a year of hard work of growth, we return to Pine Mountain Village. This event marks a milestone for us...
redwinebuzz at High Altitude
At an elevation of about 5000 feet, with temperatures well exceeding the predicted 72 degrees a record crowd turned out for the...
Large Bottles
While most people are most familiar with 750 mL full-size bottles and 375 mL half-bottles, one occasionally encounters...
2007 Hospice du Rhône
A tasting event at which more than 170 wineries and importers each pour an average of three or more wines can be daunting to anyone...
Know Your Sensory Equipment
Sensory assessment is like a foreign language. It can be learned (and mastered). If you listen to people speak a language...
Essentials of Wine Tasting
Whether at home, at a wine store or in a winery tasting room, there are some rules of process and decorum that ensure everyone...
Basics of Wine Tasting
You wouldn’t want to choose your mate from a single speed dating event. You would want to date them for a while...
Ventana Vineyards changes hands, course held steady
Doug Meador founded Ventana Vineyards in the early 1970s. Over the last 3 decades he became a prominent figure of Monterey county viticulture...
What 's Really At Stake
I don't know how many times I have heard people talk about being intimidated by wine. It is not uncommon for people to feel intimidated...
Santa Lucia Highlands' Paraiso Vineyards
Winemaker Nathan Carlson has been appointed Director of Wine Making at the Paso Robles winery....
It's Getting Hot in Here
The heat wave recently affecting the West Coast gave some wine grape growers reason for concern. Worries about the impact of the high heat on the development of grapes as well as on vineyard workers have been the topic of discussion lately.
The Can of Worms
Accurate and correct descriptors have been, are and will be the best way to relate information about any particular bottle of wine...
"Yummy, Yummy!" / "Loved it!"/ "What is this swill?"
With such a discrepancy in the various author's impression of a given wine, many reviewers have turned to numbered systems to give a "bottom line" assessment...
Currents on the Pallet
I spend a lot of time reading other wine websites. I don’t want to operate redwinebuzz.com from a bubble...
Yugos at BMW Prices
One of my first college classes as an undergraduate at U.C. Irvine was the Humanities Core series, which combined writing, literature, history, psychology, sociology and philosophy...
A Little Wine for Thy Body's Sake
So you say you drink wine for its "health benefits." Most commonly, people are referring to the health benefit demonstrated by the phenomenon of the “French Paradox...
"Sun, Soil, Cepage"
Curtis winemaker Chuck Carlson talks about making Rhone style wines in the Santa...
2008 World of Pinot noir
The 8th annual World of Pinot noir lived up to its reputation as a premier wine event in the Central Coast. The weather was more than favorable and the wines poured and food served did not fail to surprise and captivate.
A dinner at Robert Hall Winery
Just before this year's Hospice du Rhone, I received an invitation to a dinner at Robert Hall Winery...
A New Wine Legacy For EOS
Winemaker Nathan Carlson has been appointed Director of Wine Making at the Paso Robles winery....
Wine: A synergy of site, imagination and food
With the recent purchase of the Sanford & Benedict Vineyard by the Terlato Wine Group...
Simply the Best
While at a local wine merchant, I recently overheard an exasperated customer impatiently ask a wine steward "Which one is the best?"...
Ripeness
What is all the buzz about? We asked ourselves that question a number of years ago when our curiosity about Santa Barbara County wines was piqued...
Wine, Women and... Hormones
Wine drinking and tasting can be a very different experience for women than it is for men. Over the years, I have noticed...
Clarifying Crystal Stemware
It seems natural these days to expect that wine be drunk from stemmed glasses. There is a romance to pouring wine...
Future Central Coast AVAs
The family of California AVAs may be growing. Appellation status legitimizes the wines made in a particular area...
Wine Demythyfied
Wine drinking and tasting can be a very different experience for women than it is for men. Over the years, I have noticed...
Chris Stanton new winemaker at Koehler Winery
A new winemaker has joined Koehler Winery. While new wineries and vineyards seem to spring up in the Central Coast like...