Two full champagne flutes on a sliver tray with three yellows and a white napkin on the try. The tray is sitting on a small round table with two wrought iron chairs on each side and a bush with white flowers behind the table.
Wine Tasting Tips ’Tis the Season for Sparkling Wines

If you love the holiday season, you probably also toast a time or two with your favorite sparkling wines. Not that sparkling wine is just for the holiday season, quite the contrary. It is so easy to pair with foods, and is a great spirit lifter after a long and less than perfect day at […]

Rebecca Germolus / Nov 30, 2024
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Podcast Wine Road Podcast: The Wine When and Where of Sonoma County

The Wine Road podcast, subtitled the Wine When and Where of Northern Sonoma County, is an amazing source for interesting stories, curated daytrip itineraries, wine recommendations, and so much more.   Birth of a Podcast In 2016, when the Wine Road podcast started, there weren’t a lot of quality, professionally produced podcasts. But, Beth Costa, […]

Rebecca Germolus / Oct 31, 2024
Two men and three woman our outside at a table, toasting with glasses of red wine.
Wineries Come Over October

What’s Come Over October all about? Read on to learn more about it and how you might embrace and even enjoy it. This past summer, three wine industry colleagues came up with the idea of Come Over October to encourage people to get together once again to celebrate life’s special moments and friendships over a […]

Rebecca Germolus / Sep 16, 2024
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Wineries Story Behind the Name – Part Two

Ever wonder about the story behind the name? Especially when the name makes you stop and think, “what does that mean or how did they come up with that name?” In part two of the Story Behind the Name, we’ll explore the why and how of the naming of several more wineries along the Wine […]

Rebecca Germolus / Aug 30, 2024
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Wineries WineStopper: Visit, Stay, Sip

Did you know the Wine Road has an informative weekly web post called WineStopper? It’s on the Wine Road’s website home page, under “This Week’s Visit, Stay, Sip.”   What’s This All About? With so many wineries, lodgings and wines along the Wine Road, the WineStopper program highlights a different winery, lodging and wine every […]

Rebecca Germolus / Aug 15, 2024