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The 5 Secrets
To Finding Artisan Wines At Everyday Wine Prices

Start your journey to a better than everyday wine alternative with this FREE guide to the secrets of discovering amazing artisan wines you'll love.

Sample These Flights During Your Wine Discovery Journey

Code Words

Learn the code words wine reviewers typically use and what they mean.

Region & Label

Wine bottles come with instructions if you know how to read them.

climate

Climate is a major influence for aroma and taste. Learn how.

Wine making

Understanding how the wine is made can tell you a lot about how it will taste.

Sojourn Cellars Fall Release

It was a pleasant day in Sonoma, and I took a break on a Friday afternoon to sample the fall release at Sojourn Cellars. The heat of the...

Which Way Rosé?

With the temps popping 100 degrees over the last week here in Sonoma, Rosé has been the go-to wine for pool side and warm evenings dining...

The Genesis Of Napa Cab

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is the iconic wine of the American wine industry, and that's due in large part to two men.

Deep and red - 2019 Scott Harvey, J&S Reserve Barbera

The Piedmont in Italy is famous for the superstar Nebbiolo grape, the basis for famous Barolo and Barbaresco wines. This prized vine...

2018 Brutocao Quadriga, Mendocino

2018 Brutocao Quadriga wine review. Lovely and layered with blueberry, red plum, green herbs and spice. A complex and elegant Italian blend

2015 Sojourn Pinot Noir, Riddle Vineyards

Sojourn's Riddle Vineyard Pinots are known for their balanced, layered character. This 2015 follows the playbook to a T

How astrology divines delicious wines

It used to be that quality and flavor were the barometers for wine - and maybe price. Ok, certainly the price. Sure, trendy boutique...

Furthermore Wines 2018 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

Known for their single vineyard Pinot Noirs and focus on cool climate style wines, I was excited to taste this wine selected by Chad...

Choosing holiday food and wine pairings your guests will love

With friends and family arriving for the Holidays, we all want to make the occasions special. And holiday food favorites always play a...

10 hacks to boost your wine tasting confidence - Part 2

Despite the optics, good wine tasters aren’t just pulling stuff out of the air when they taste wines. They know what they’re tasting, and...

10 hacks that boost your wine tasting confidence

Wine tasting can be intimidating. It almost seems like some people have the abilities of comic book hero Daredevil to somehow ferret out...

What's cool about cool climate wines

After two decades of huge, fruit forward, extracted wines geared up to earn big points from wine critics, there’s a move by artisan...

The best Pinot Noir AVA in CA?

You might get some arguments, but there is no debating that the Santa Rita Hills AVA boasts some of the most coveted Pinot Noir from...

Why don't people just smell grapes?

For people not into wine, it’s probably very weird to listen to wine lovers go on about sour cherry, raspberry, forest floor and...

Learning the secrets of Cinsault

A conversation with Onesta owner and winemaker, Jillian Johnson I'm excited to share the story about Onesta Cinsault with the Divvy-Up...

Where wind makes wine - Petaluma Gap

“Someone once pointed out to me that a lot of regions get fog, but the Petaluma Gap owns the wind,” Ana Keller of Keller Estates says....

Minerality - Let perception be reality

Are there minerals in your wine and can you taste them? That’s a hotly debated question that, for me, brings out the very nature of wine....

Help - my wine's being manipulated

Who hasn’t heard the saying, “great wines come from great grapes?” And yet, winemakers have for centuries manipulated the wine making...

Zeroing in on the Central Coast AVA

Maybe you’re like me when you see a wine from the Central Coast AVA in California. Not quite sure what it means, or how it compares to...

Grenache - ensemble player or soloist?

When you’re known for your great ensemble work, it’s sometimes hard to be considered an amazing soloist. Such is the case for the unsung...

The 5 Secrets To Finding Artisan Wines At Everyday Wine Prices

Code Words

Region & Label

climate

Wine making

The 5 Secrets
To Finding Artisan Wines At Everyday Wine Prices