James Knight
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Adventures in Drinking: Wine Country Rambler
James Knight on the possibilities and pitfalls of vineyard-hopping. Back in 2019, I planned an ambitious hiking trip that I’ll call “The Great Wine Country Trek that Sort of Was, and Mostly Wasn’t.” Like many a fiasco, it began as a really great idea. I was approaching a major milestone (some call it “the new…
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Adventures in Drinking
Camp Rose Cellars Way too much wine talk is negative talk. Or haven’t you heard a wine praised for what it’s not? The phrase, “This isn’t one of those oaky, buttery Chardonnays” comes to mind. “This is no wimpy, white Zinfandel” is another, but the naysayers aren’t done with Zin, heaping praise by way of…
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Making Garage Wine
Drinking your hoard of booze in lock-down got old fast? Maybe it’s time to start a new, more rewarding hobby. Here in Sonoma County, it’s grape harvest season, the ideal time to start making wine at home. Here’s a starter compendium of the ups and downs of home wine-making in 2020, with lessons learned from…
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Adventures in Drinking – Old Possum Brewing Co.
Like all the very best gastropubs, Old Possum Brewing Co. promises locally sourced food that closes the loop from brewer to farmer and back again in holistic harmony, with the added benny of getting a buzz from a juicy double IPA. Likely story. Then you look around the back, and the Sysco truck is pulling…
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Adventures in Drinking: Breathless Wines
Breathless brut sabered at Sunday brunch! That’s not an overblown headline ripped from the front page of a tabloid. That’s part of the experience of going to Breathless Wines in downtown Healdsburg. Well, not quite downtown. Breathless is in Healdsburg’s light industrial district, all but hidden behind landscaping between the warehouses. The short urban hike…
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Adventures in Wine
Horse & Plow Toss an empty wine bottle into the recycling bin and it makes a satisfying clink. Job well done! Less satisfying are the economics of recycling glass compared to other materials——even the can and bottle pickers who comb the streets at night eschew wine bottles, which don’t match the redemption value of beer…