Best Wines I Tasted in October 2021
October 2021 was a lighter drinking month for me, with me only tasting and rating 17 wines. I was still lucky enough to find 3 fantastic wines that I am delighted to share with you. The first one is an old favorite, a Santa Rita Hills pinot noir that I loved in the past, and…
Best Wines I Tasted in September 2021
In September 2021, I tasted and rated a total of 29 wines. The 4 wines I have choose to share with you are the ones that were special to me, that when I tasted them I knew they were great. They made feel something beyond just a delightful taste. They have character, depth, balance and…
Best Wines I Tasted in August 2021
In August 2021, I tasted and rated a total of 28 wines and found some real gems. This month I have 7 great wines share with y’all. None of them earned a 5 star rating this month, but 3 of them were right on the edge, rating them 4.5 stars on Vivino. My favorites this…
Best Wines I Tasted in July 2021
In July 2021, I tasted six wines that I felt were good enough to share with the world. A couple of them I even rated 5 stars on Vivino, which is super rare for me! My favorites included a good mix this month with three red wines and three whites. Pinot was big for me…
Best Wines I Tasted in June 2021
In June 2021, I tasted four wines that I felt were good enough to recommend. All of them I ended up rating 4 out of 5 stars on Vivino. One was a pink wine, one a white and two were red wines. Three of them happened to be of the 2017 vintage and two of…
Adventures in Homemade Wine Making – Part 3
The wine is finally ready! And it’s damn good! I started my wine adventure back in early October with 32 gallons of grape juice, about 6 weeks later I had almost 100 bottles of tasty homemade riesling wine ready to drink. I ended up making 4 styles of wine from my riesling grapes: a dry…
Municipal Winemakers – The Hippest Wine Tasting in Santa Barbara
After my great visit to Potek Winery, I was excited to head over to Muni Wines (as it is commonly referred to) with Alena to try their wines and see if we wanted to join the dual wine membership. Alena and I visited on a busy Sunday afternoon, with Muni packed full of the typical…
Adventures in Homemade Wine Making – Part 2
Last Monday I picked up my Riesling grapes from Potek Winery. While the wine making process had officially already begun the week prior, this was first day of my grapes turning from Juice to Wine!
Wine Tasting at Filipponi Ranch Winery
Alena and I were up in San Luis Obispo for a long weekend to attend my cousin’s wedding. As I have never been wine tasting in this area, of course we had to make a stop at a local winery on one of our free days. I found Filipponi Ranch in a google search. The…
Adventures in Homemade Wine Making – Part 1
I am impatiently awaiting my allotment of grapes to come in this year. My living room is filled with odd tubing, brushes, giant buckets, glass carboys and so many bungs. I have spent the last few nights prepping, sorting and cleaning my wine making supplies in preparation for the call that my wine grapes are…
Jaffurs Wine Cellars Tasting – Santa Barbara
I finally made my way to Jaffurs Wine Cellars for a wine tasting. It is located away from most of the other wineries in Santa Barbara, in what is referred to in the Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail guide as the Midtown area. The winery and tasting room are all in one little building. When…