Archive for March 2014

Livermore’s annual Barrel Tasting Weekend begins tomorrow. This annual event supports the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association, and all of the money raised by ticket purchases, less promotional expenses, is used to promote awareness of Livermore Wine Country. We share a fantasy that this weekend gives a behind the scenes look at how winemakers spend their…

Born among beans and potatoes, it would be many years before I made the connection between wine and terroir. Idaho liquor stores didn’t have much of a selection of wine, and what they did have were usually in gallon jugs. The local store occasionally had a few bottles of Lancers, Boone’s Farm (this may have…

In the blood of all artisan farmers is an understanding of terroir, the concept that food possesses identifiable qualities that can be linked to where it is grown.  Just as local grasses lend subtle flavors to a cheese, and climate and soil provide unique properties to a wine, terroir is expressed in every food. But…