Monthly Archives: October 2010

A stop @ Parea Wine Bar

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Martin Carel

Tonight we stopped @ Parea Wine Bar, on our way back from a spoken word event on Valencia St. The place was simple, modest and quite what we were looking for. We very much liked the ambiance. Much better than … Continue reading →

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Spending money @ BarBambino

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Martin Carel

Yesterday night was at BarBambino, another restaurant which participated in the natural wine week. Located on the 16th, near Mission St., this place was modern, Italian, clean and classy, in a neighborhood which does not afford that same description. Bonus: it … Continue reading →

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A visit to Renaissance

Posted on October 27, 2010 by matt

We went to Renaissance last Tuesday. They’re a huge estate in the Sierra Foothills, down the road from Clos Saron. They’ve decreased their production quite a bit in recent years and turned into more of a boutique winery. Nevertheless, the … Continue reading →

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A visit to Clos Saron

Posted on October 27, 2010 by matt

We went to Clos Saron last Monday. Clos Saron is a vineyard and a winery located in the Sierra Foothills. They make mostly Pinot noir from vines that are own-rooted, which is quite rare. The owner-winemaker Gideon Beinstock was very … Continue reading →

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A visit to Calera Wine Company

Posted on October 26, 2010 by matt

Last Saturday we drove South towards Hollister, where we paid a visit to the Calera Wine Company. Up in San Benito County, near Monterey Bay. Calera is the only grape grower in the Mount Harlan  appellation. That appellation was established … Continue reading →

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A visit to Porter Creek Vineyards

Posted on October 26, 2010 by matt

We went to the Porter Creek vineyards last Thursday. They are located a little North of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. We wanted to catch the picking of their last grapes so we got up early and arrived at the … Continue reading →

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A visit to NPA

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Martin Carel

Santa Rosa. Friday early morning. Knocking on the door of NPA, the cool crew handing out wine in reusable klean kanteen bottles. We’re a little anxious because we feel those guys are especially relevant for our documentary. We met Kevin Kelley (NPA’s … Continue reading →

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Natural Wine at Palate Press

Posted on October 21, 2010 by matt

Remy Charest’s latest article on palate press was quite interesting to us as it brings together a lot of the sources we’ve been reading in recent weeks. Among many other things, Remy talks about the different definitions of natural wine. … Continue reading →

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A visit to Black Sears

Posted on October 20, 2010 by matt

We paid a visit to Ashley and Chris last Wednesday. They are both taking care of the Black Sears vineyard and winery on top of Howell Mountain at the northern tip of Napa Valley. They made us feel very welcome … Continue reading →

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Wine Chemistry 101 on Sulfur

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Martin Carel

On Cory Cartwright’s blog, as a part of his “31 days of natural wine” series, the Bay area chemist Arjun Mendiratta has written an entertaining and dense post on sulfur. Here are important points we want to remember from his post: SO2 … Continue reading →

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