Californian wine trip

By - Caroline
Posted on October 18, 2012
Posted in Californian wine trip, terroir, Wine Regions, Wine Review

On the wine road – part 2: in search of “iconic” Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

On this very grey autumn day, the blue skies and warm days of the Napa Valley last August seem very far away and I feel a little guilty that it has taken me this long to write the sequel to for our NapaValley #onthewineroad adventure… One of the the goals Onneca Guelbenzu and I had

By - Caroline
Posted on September 3, 2012
Posted in biodynamic, Californian wine trip, Onne and Caro's wine trips, organic
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On the wine road – from Oregon to California

#OnTheWineRoad #California- Hotel California from Wine Defender TV on Vimeo. We did it!! Onne and I got enough sponsorship together to make it out to California and live our great wine adventure!!!! The weather was great, the scenery gorgeous and we we had a stellar line up of appointments and wines to taste! And this

By - Caroline
Posted on October 10, 2011October 10, 2011
Posted in Californian wine trip, terroir, Wine Regions, wine tasting

Sonoma County and Anderson Valley – the final chapter of my Californian road trip

As I am going through all my notes for future blog posts my eye is suddenly drawn to my notes on Sonoma and Anderson Valley. All at once I go bright red with shame as it has now almost been 6 months since I visited the area and it actually was the highlight of my

By - Caroline
Posted on July 3, 2011
Posted in Californian wine trip, wine eductation, Wine Regions, Wine Review, wine tasting
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Napa Valley – part 4 of the Californian Wine Road trip

It seems a long time ago now, but the next wine region I visited on my Californian road trip was the prestigious Napa Valley. I have to admit that I did not really have much of a plan of where to go and who to visit except for my friend Lisa Augustine at Broman Cellars.

By - Caroline
Posted on May 11, 2011
Posted in Californian wine trip, Rhone Varieties, wine eductation, Wine Regions, Wine Review, wine tasting
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Paso Robles Wine Country and Rhone varieties

Next destination on my wonderful wine trip through California was Paso Robles. I was really excited to visit Paso as a lot of my Californian and International wine friends had been raving about the place. As soon as I drove through the rolling country side I totally understood what they meant. Paso Robles is located

By - Caroline
Posted on April 26, 2011May 11, 2011
Posted in Californian wine trip, Rhone Varieties, wine eductation, Wine Regions, Wine Review, wine tasting