By Year - 2007

Industry News

How One Winery Mastered Take-Out, Made-At-Home & Pick-Up Wine Pairing in the Era of COVID-19

Lakewood Vineyards COVID-19 has affected virtually all industries, with the service and hospitality sectors taking an exceptional hit. With restaurants, bars, and pubs all being closed to the public for indoor dining, pick-up, take-out, and delivery services have been expanding and adapting at a rapid pace to keep these establishments from closing their doors for […] The post How One Winery Mastered Take-Out, Made-At-Home & Pick-Up Wine Pairing in the Era of COVID-19 appeared firs...

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Underwater wine aging

Yes, that’s correct. One winery is experimenting with aging wine underwater. It sounds like a crazy idea, but there is a reason behind the madness. Wapisa experiments The impetus goes back to the year 2010. What happened that year was the discovery of cases of 170-year-old Champagne bottles underwater. They were from the ruins of […] The post Underwater wine aging appeared first on Wine Country Getaways . ...

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Tasting Rooms are Planning How to Reopen

Just maybe the wine country will open later this year. Wineries and tasting rooms are making plans for the day they will be allowed to open their doors to tourists and wine country fans. What will tasting rooms look like when that occurs The Wine Institute and the Napa Valley Vintners are working on a […] The post Tasting Rooms are Planning How to Reopen appeared first on Wine Country Getaways . ...

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Wine Labels 101: Beware of judging wine by it's label

Have you ever wondered what Reserve really means on a wine label What about Estate and 2008 You may be surprised to learn that Reserve is meaningless, Estate is meaningful only when joined with the word Bottled, and although 2008 has a well-defined meaning, its not what you think! The post Wine Labels 101: Beware of judging wine by it’s label appeared first on Wine Country Getaways . ...

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Napa Valley Olive Oil Company - since 1931

Wine Country traveling is still not an option. Only time will tell when we can get back to traveling to the Napa Valley. Put this idea on your Napa Valley future travel plans. Napa Valley Olive Oil Company From the name, one would suspect the Napa Valley Olive Oil Company would be one of the several high-end […] The post Napa Valley Olive Oil Company – since 1931 appeared first on Wine Country Getaways . ...

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Wines of Rugged Rockpile

Rugged Rockpile – Above Lake Sonoma Rockpile is a small wine appellation (AVA) above Lake Sonoma in the Dry Creek Valley. By the looks of it, you would hardly expect any vines to grow here. Yet, in Rockpile the vines are stressed to the max and produce big, full-flavored and complex wines. One can drive […] The post Wines of Rugged Rockpile appeared first on Wine Country Getaways . ...

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The Under-Appreciated Lodi Wine Country

Lodi does not get the respect it deserves, especially when compared to the Napa Valley, Sonoma, Willamette Valley, Columbia Valley, and others. Lodi is the underdog, the underappreciated wine region of the world. Do you know that the Lodi Wine Region grows more grape varieties than any other wine region in the United States Do […] The post The Under-Appreciated Lodi Wine Country appeared first on Wine Country Getaways . ...

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