Not because of all the nice wines and great food (more on the food later), but because there is just not enough time in the day to stop by and visit all the wineries on your list. The day started at one winery that was not on the list. Three unique wineries and a microbrewery all in one estate. Maybe both!! was not disappointed. MORE >>

John Gilman, author of the newsletter A View from the Cellar , weighs in today with his thoughts on Mayacamas Vineyards. There is some duplication with Evan Dawson’s travel post from yesterday but there is also much new, including John’s tasting notes from Mayacamas Cabernet 2003, 1991, 1985, 1974, & 1968. 2015-2050. MORE >>

no sooner sat down on Friday when he brought out a Glenora Wine Cellars Gewurztraminer. Glenora Wine Cellars has been producing award winning wines in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State for more than 32 years. The winery produces 50,000 cases annually and is one of the highest quality Riesling producers in the United States. MORE >>

This past Monday night I had the occasion to meet producer Antonio Garcia Figuero, whose family owns a winery called Garcia Figuero in Ribera del Duero and goes back through several generations. You can taste ripe jam, licorice, all very smooth and balanced and compex and rich. Tasting the wines, I can see why. 28.00. MORE >>

With that mornings conversation still fresh in the mind, I was not going to pass up buying that wine and researching the winery. The winery is Cline Cellars. One of the first wineries on the road to wine country, Cline Cellars is located 45 minutes north of San Francisco in Sonoma-Carneros. Here's what I learned. MORE >>