Category Archives: Media

Cellars of Sonoma

On Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. pacific time I’ll be on the air with Cellars of Sonoma. Listen in or join me live at their tasting room in Santa Rosa. Cheers!

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2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

The Results are coming tomorrow – online first at SFGate. It’s been a grueling week in Cloverdale at the top end of Sonoma County. Chris Sawyer is one of over 60 judges who lent a palate to help evaluate 4,913 … Continue reading

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Wine Entrepreneurship at Sonoma State

The spring session of the class recently ended with a dramatic evening of presentations by the student teams. Jane Firstenfeld wrote a great article capturing the moment and profiling some of the successful students and their stories.  The article was … Continue reading

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The Good Life Guide to Enjoying Wine

Author Orietta Gianjorio, who writes about wine and food for Fuori le Mura, just posted a great review of my book at the magazine’s online site.  Follow this link to read the review in the original Italian:  Fuori Le Mura … Continue reading

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VinVillage Radio

I’ll be on the air with host Lynn Chamberlain later today at 4:00 p.m. pst, on VinVillageRadio, a weekly “wine & dine” talk-radio show.  We’ll be discussing the results of the Chronicle Wine Competition and my upcoming class at Sonoma … Continue reading

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Jon Bonne – San Francisco Chronicle

A wine competition takes a broader view – Jon Bonne.  Read the story on his blog at SFGate.com by following the link in the judging photo below.

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Monday interview on Sirius

Coming up on Monday, I’ll be on the Living Today show on Martha Stewart Living Radio, on Serious Satellite Radio.  The interview will be live at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific time. The topic is ‘Winning Wines You Don’t … Continue reading

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San Francisco Chronicle Wine Judges

One of our judges at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is Larry Van Aalst, Sommelier at Equus Restaurant at the Fountaingrove in Santa Rosa, CA  He is also the host of the Sonoma Report on CRN Digital Talk Radio. … Continue reading

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The Wine Show in New Orleans

Host Tim Tim McNally judges for us every year at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. He’s an engaging man who always has a good story up his sleeve. The Wine Show airs Every Sunday Noon until 2 p.m. on … Continue reading

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SF Chronicle Wine Competition

I’ll be on KRON 4 Weekend News tomorrow morning, live with Henry Tenenbaum. That’s Saturday morning on the tele, between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. pacific time, January 17 in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Here’s a link to the … Continue reading

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Chronicle Wine Competition news

I just finished an interview with one of our judges, DeWayne Holmdahl, who hosts the Wine Show down in Santa Barbara.  The show will air this Saturday, January 17 at 4:00 p.m. pacific time. You can listen in online at … Continue reading

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San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

I’ve been on a hiatus but not a vacation. For almost 2 months we’ve been preparing for this past week, the judging of over 4,700 wines at the 2009 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.  This morning Gene Burns will be … Continue reading

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