Judging Wine

Judging Wine

A paper written some time ago by our friend Lum Eisenman on Judging Wine, talks about the consumer oriented competitions and the Davis 20-point system to judge wine – originally devised to expedite bulk-wine transfers between wineries (like...
Cucamonga Curly

Cucamonga Curly

Cucamonga was the first true home to the earliest vineyards planted by the Spanish missionaries moving northward from Mexico into California.  Long before Napa, Sonoma, the Central Coast and other well-known and respected appellations, Cucamonga vineyards were home to...

Vineyard & Wine Expert Visits Chinook

One of the instructors from the Mira Costa College Wine Technology Program, a well respected grape and wine expert from this area, came to visit this morning.  Pete Anderson and another friend who makes wine toured the vineyard and we had...
9-11-2010, The USS Halsey departure

9-11-2010, The USS Halsey departure

This Blog posting today has nothing to do with wine or grapes, except perhaps to be thankful for the freedom to pursue our dream because we live in America.  Norm’s son, Matt, is a Petty Officer E-8 in the U.S. Navy, the chief medical officer...

Tiered Winery Ordinance Law Suit & Injunction

As reported by our Vineyard Association’s General Counsel, this morning the California Superior Court posted a lawsuit filed on 3 September by the “San Diego Citizenry Group” (SDCG) against the County of San Diego requesting that the Tiered Winery...
New Data on Alcohol and Breast Cancer Show Link Is Complex

New Data on Alcohol and Breast Cancer Show Link Is Complex

I thought this posting by another writer in the Wine Spectator, was timely and excellent.  Timely because my dear friend Ann L’Heureux passed 5 years ago last week of breast cancer.Two new studies find that multiple factors are involved when it comes...