Dunham Cellars wine-tasting room in Walla Walla. What’s the advantage of joining a wine club? Several people have asked me that question and I’ve never had a good answer — until now. You should join a wine club if you like the wine, it is unique and only available through the club, and it fits […]
Month: August 2015
Roger Smith's Bump City Wine Co. heats up
Roger Smith, 66, is the “coolest” winemaker I’ve ever met. Best known as the iconic keyboardist for the West Coast soul group Tower of Power, Smith’s rapidly making a new name for himself as co-owner of Bump City Wine Co., of Sonoma, Calif. Since 2008 Smith and his business partner, Mike Smolich, have been sourcing […]
White blends that capture balance and beauty
At the end of a satisfying day of gardening, The Wine Goddess likes to toast her prized daylillies with a chilled white wine. The “St. Francis”, following a patient, two-year subterranean incubation, bloomed early one recent morning eliciting a cry of excitement from the front yard. Bella the cat, watching from a window, backflipped off […]
