Four people toasting with wine glasses on the patio of Robert Young Estate Winery.
Wine Tasting Tips Enjoy Wine Tasting Again

Ready to venture out and enjoy wine tasting again? Please keep reading. They’re Open By the end of May, a few wineries had reopened their doors for tasters. Others needed more time to retool their tasting venues to accommodate social distancing. During the month of June, winery after winery reopened their doors with renewed enthusiasm. […]

Rebecca Germolus / Jun 29, 2020
Winemaker removing wine from a barrel with a wine thief during Barrel Tasting.
Wine Tasting Tips Creating the Ultimate Barrel Tasting Experience

The annual Wine Road Barrel Tasting is just days away, and attendees always seek the ultimate Barrel Tasting experience. Here are some tips to help you create that ultimate Barrel Tasting experience. Let’s Start with Some Details The focus is to taste newbie wines directly from the barrel before they are bottled, meet the winemakers […]

Rebecca Germolus / Feb 5, 2020
Friends toasting with glassed filled with red wine
Wine Tasting Tips What Am I Tasting?

We love wine—how it tastes, how it smells, how it enhances a meal—yet we sometimes struggle with the question, What am I tasting? After a tasting weekend along the Wine Road, your work colleague asks you to describe your favorite wine. You know which wine was your favorite, but you can’t describe what you liked […]

Rebecca Germolus / Jul 30, 2019
Vineyard image with grapes just before harvest
Wine Tasting Tips Harvest Tasting Experiences & More

Wine Road harvest tasting experiences can include more than just sipping wine. With harvest upon us, wineries are offering an array of experiences. How about going behind the scenes on a cellar tour to see the action of harvest first hand, or conduct your very own wine blending trials. Take an in-depth vineyard and cellar […]

Rebecca Germolus / Sep 5, 2018
Painting of red and white grapes
Wine Tasting Tips Rhône Wines Available Here – Part 1

Rhône wine varietals and blends have always been a favorite, so when more of these fruit-forward, food-friendly wines started being more readily available along the Wine Road, I was thrilled. What Are Rhône Wines? Rhône wines are made from grape varieties that originated in the Rhône region of Southern France. Some Rhône wines were being […]

Rebecca Germolus / Apr 11, 2018
Sign that reads Taste the Future from our cellars to yours.
Wine Tasting Tips Why Buy Wine Futures?

Barrel Tasting along the Wine Road (March 2-4 & 9-11, 2018) offers wine lovers the opportunity to buy wine futures. Why bother to buy wine futures? So glad you asked. Background of Barrel Tasting & Wine Futures The Wine Road’s first Barrel Tasting was 41 years ago! Offering wine futures might not have been the […]

Rebecca Germolus / Feb 28, 2018
Close up for a red grape cluster on the vine before harvest
Wine Tasting Tips Lesser-Known Varietals

Even though Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, or Pinot Noir might be your favorite go-to wines, do you ever explore some of the lesser-known varietals? Trying new wines can be fun, exciting, and palate expanding. When I recently paired Mounts Grenache with juicy pork tenderloin rubbed with a spice blend, or deLorimier Malbec with skirt steak and […]

Rebecca Germolus / Jan 11, 2018
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Wine Tasting Tips Wine Flies Free From Sonoma County

If you fly out of the Sonoma County Airport (STS), up to one case of wine flies free if you travel on Alaska Airlines. That is a screaming deal, folks. Wine Flies Free Here is how it works: Book a flight on Alaska Airlines into the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport, located just north […]

Rebecca Germolus / Nov 29, 2017
deLorimer Winery's private tasting lounge set up for a tasting appointment
Wine Tasting Tips Scholarly Sips: Educational Tastings & Tours

It’s always fun to try something different, and there are plenty of opportunities along the Wine Road to check out some educational tastings and tours, a.k.a. scholarly sips. With younger students back in school, now is a great time for us over 21 students to think about expanding your knowledge about wine. Wine & Food […]

Rebecca Germolus / Aug 23, 2017
Barrel Tasting 2017 - 40th Anniversary
Wine Tasting Tips Barrel Tasting’s 40th Anniversary

Every year we look forward to Barrel Tasting along the Wine Road, and this year is extra special because it’s Barrel Tasting’s 40th anniversary. BARREL TASTING – TWO WEEKENDS March 3-5 & March 10-12, 2017 11:00 am – 4:00 pm each day When I talk about how much we enjoy the Barrel Tasting weekends, I’ve gotten […]

Rebecca Germolus / Feb 7, 2017