by Mike Dunne | Sep 26, 2022 | Blog
Yes, I am spoiled. Even in a relatively small city like Sacramento, I can walk or cycle just a short distance to find an interesting wine for dinner. Some 15 farmers markets, grocery stores and wine shops are that close. They range from neighborhood corner stores...
by Mike Dunne | Sep 21, 2022 | Blog
With fall and the easing of the Covid-19 pandemic, students are back in school. I see and hear them during recess when I pass the school just down the street, a sight and sound both nostalgic and joyous. Occasionally, I retrieve a soccer ball or basketball and hurl it...
by Mike Dunne | Sep 21, 2022 | Blog
A few snapshots from three wine competitions, all drawing entries solely from vineyards and wineries of the Sierra Foothills American Viticultural Area, a long and thin belt of wildly varied topography, climate and soil stretching from California’s Yuba County in the...
by Mike Dunne | Sep 21, 2022 | Blog
For all you Californians moving to Texas and taking your buy-local consciousness with you: Yes, Texas has homegrown wine. Pinot Noir isn’t as big in Texas as peanuts and pecans, and cotton sits far higher than Cabernet Sauvignon on the list of the state’s more...
by Mike Dunne | Sep 21, 2022 | Blog
I’m a fan of wine competitions, for the most part. I have judged at hundreds over the years, and continue to be active on the competition circuit. Much of what I expect to write here will spring from what I find by sitting on a panel at a wine competition. The wines I...
