Mac and cheese, american style pasta with fresh cheese and basil

Happy Mac & Cheese Day!

We’ll spare you the ancient history of this dish and get right into it: It’s National Mac & Cheese Day!  Go eat some damn Mac & Cheese! Cheers!

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National Blueberry Month

*Disclaimer: While we were totally pulling your leg with the April Fool’s Day Cheese Wine post, this is not a joke* HELP!!! It’s National Blueberry Month and we have quite the dilemma… After much deliberation internally, we’ve never seen a blueberry farm.  Ever. There are no roadside blueberry…

Cacao beans in a person's cupped hands next to Cacao fruit for World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day

While we’ve already gone over wine and chocolate in some detail, for World Chocolate Day, we will look at a small window of the history of chocolate, specifically a time when chocolate was as good as gold. World chocolate day is celebrated annually on July 7th. A brief…

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National Fried Chicken Day!

No one, ourselves included, need to tell you how amazing fried chicken is. In a sandwich, with waffles, on its own, slathered in a sauce…the list just goes on and on. Today is the day to treat yo’self, put the diets on pause, head to your favorite locale,…

Cozy terrace with sofas for rest, Glass with champagne on a wooden table.

Summer Wine Events in CA Wine Country

No two ways about it, summer is in full swing. No one wants to just sit inside (unless it is to cool off by the AC), and the outdoors are calling… Well, we’re here to help with some fun activities in wine country this month that’ll get you…

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Community Question: 60-seconds with Cam?

If you had a minute to ask Cam one question, what would it be? Who knows, he may actually respond to your questions… Please use the comment section below to leave your question(s) for Cameron. Register with Disqus to comment as a user, or you can always comment as a…

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Rosé Fails

Rosé All Day?  Sure. Get weird with Frosé?  Why not. But sometimes humans just take it too far.  Here are some examples of when Rosé is just done the WRONG WAY. Case in point, just put it in a glass…and we mean the wine glass: The beaker is…

Lambrusco Day celebrated with a glass full of bubbly red sparkling wine from Italy

What is Lambrusco?

Two reasons for this Lambrusco post:  First, we’re sorry to all the customers who still continue to call or email and inquire if we will ever have anymore Della Robbia.  We will not, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a similar, just as delicious product out there!  Enter…

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Mind Over Matter

…or, “A Cellar Rat’s Guide to Becoming a Cellar Rat.” Now might be the best time to buy those big structured reds.  Yes, you read that right.  Tasting and buying big reds in the height of summer seems like crazy person talk, and it may be, but nonetheless,…

Two glasses of Mimosa cocktail

Ultimate (At Home) Mimosa Bar

Now is the time of year when brunch hits full steam.  And with brunch comes Mimosas.  Now, not everyone wants to wait for an hour or more to have brunch at the hottest spots in town, nor do you want to go to the place that “always has…