On the radio show Carmen and I talked about two of our favorite California winemakers, Cakebread and Justin.
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Labor Day Wines (Radio Show 8-29-2025)
On the show, Carmen and I talked about super specials from the Circle Liquor Store rack, white wines from the Piedmont region of Italy, and a couple of big California Cabs only Chet Malloy can find at such a low price.
Buena Vista Winery and Napa Tasting Room
Historic Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma has another tasting room, Chateau Buena Vista, in downtown Napa, California.
PEJU Winery: Family Winemaking At Its Best
Forty years of dedication to crafting exceptional wines that began with a 5.5 acre block of highly coveted Cabernet Sauvignon vines.
Daou Vineyards Wine Tasting
Daou Vineyards: The dream is to turn the soil and climate of Daou Mountain into pleasure in a bottle.
Drinking and Thinking
This wining hour, a melancholy mood draws me to the Warren Zevon album The Wind and his version of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”. The song is accompanied by a 2016 Justin Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles.
Songs in My Wine Glass
What’s playing in your wine glass?
Acorn Squash and Crossfork Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Acorn squash usually conjures images of fall’s bounty, the autumn harvest’s cornucopia of pumpkin, butternut, spaghetti squash, and all those hard, bumpy winter squashes that we don’t quite know what to do with.
2 For $20
Two for $20 sounds more like a sale at a cheap clothing store than my local liquor store. For me, two bottles of wine for $20 is much more exciting than 100% cotton crew neck T-shirts in an assortment of spring colors.
Vistamar Sepia Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
The presence of bitter flavors in the Vistamar Cabernet Sauvignon are a quality that could make you love it or hate it.