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Vintner’s Collective: 30+ Select Napa Winemakers in One Tasting Room
Vintner’s Collective on Main Street in downtown Napa offers a selection of extraordinary wines from small productions, top Napa vineyards, and renowned winemakers to taste and purchase.
California Here We Come (Radio Show 10-25-2025)
On the radio show Carmen and I talked about two of our favorite California winemakers, Cakebread and Justin.
Super Tuscans from Italy and Burgundian Wines from California (Radio Show 9-27-2025)
On today’s show Carmen and I talked about some outstanding super Tuscan wines and answer the question, “What is a super Tuscan?”. We also talked about two of our favorite Burgundian style wines from California.
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.
Northern Italy and Wines for Spring (Radio Show 3-22-2025)
In honor of the announcement of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games being held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in northern Italy, the March 22, 2025 episode of Tony Mart Presents features wines from northern Italy as well as a preview of some of our favorite spring wines. Northern Italy includes the wine regions Valle d’Aosta,ContinueContinue reading “Northern Italy and Wines for Spring (Radio Show 3-22-2025)”
Buena Vista Winery and Napa Tasting Room
Historic Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma has another tasting room, Chateau Buena Vista, in downtown Napa, California.
Daou Vineyards Wine Tasting
Daou Vineyards: The dream is to turn the soil and climate of Daou Mountain into pleasure in a bottle.
WSET and Me
We were told that the exam would be a “closed book” test although I had no idea at the time how that would be accomplished with an online test. It turned out that setting up a laptop and phone with apps, video, audio, and scanning your room to show the proctor that you aren’t hiding crib notes or a wine expert under your desk was harder than the actual exam.
Informed Purchase or Impulse Buy
Discovering an unfamiliar grape varietal, reading about a wine region, or being intrigued by a winemaker’s philosophy is often a catalyst to trying a new wine. Uncovering a hidden gem, especially one that I can buy locally, gives me a thrill.
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