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A visit to NPA
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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Wine Chemistry 101 on Sulfur
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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Feeling Classy @ RN74
Tonight was a bit expensive. Wine tastings were about twice as expensive as what we are used to in San Francisco. Very decent wine menu, although not that many choices from California. France was king. Details at RN74 are important. … Continue reading
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The Origins of Natural Wine
Where does it come from? Here is snippet from an article from Jon Bonné: The natural wine movement grew out of a group of French vintners disillusioned with the prevalence of chemical farming and the loss, in their view, of … Continue reading
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Take II @ Arlequin
We went back to Arlequin last Friday. The objective was to interview Ian, the wine buyer of the place. We’re quite satisfied with the result and we will craft a little capsule about Ian’s artsy approach to his trade. As … Continue reading
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Feeling at Home @ the Local Mission Eatery
Another splendid evening, at the Local Mission Eatery. This venue is charming, modest, and food is exceptional. If this was home, we’d be in heaven. Marc Olivier, Muscadet, Loire, 2009 (white) fresh, a tad of lemon, acid, very … Continue reading
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Generous Wine Tasting @ Arlequin
Tonight was a detour to Arlequin. Chard., Broadsite ‘James Berry’ Paso Robles 2009 (white) round, creamy, acid, a little sweet, delicious! 3/5 Sky Vineyards Rose of zinfandel Mt Veeder Napa Valley 2009 (rose) Glimpse of raspberry on the … Continue reading
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Educative Natural Wine Tasting @ Barbacco
What a night! 9 incredible wine tastings tonight @ Barbacco! Charming and very knowledgeable Gretchen was very generous of her time and gave us valuable wine descriptions. She even gave us 2 free tastings from Oregon! Poco a … Continue reading
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