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I Almost Can’t Even Say It. But Here Goes … A 5 liter bottle of 1982 Monte...
I’m almost too trembly to type. This is too much for me. The names, the places, the wine …. Ah, it’s too much! No, it’s not. I can do this. Ok, here goes … Michael Madrigale. Ah! Wow, Michael...
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Take It To “The Bridge”– (Bridge School Benefit Concert, That Is!)
Spoiler Alert: This post is about a lovely wine event I had the pleasure of co-hosting at restaurant Quattro (Four Seasons/Silicon Valley) yesterday, featuring delicious wines of the Santa Cruz...
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The Very Mysterious Music of the Very Mysterious “P Noh”
I have received a surprisingly steady parade of questions lately, concerning the music on many of our recent YouTube videos (The Ridge Vineyards YouTube Page) What is the music, where did it come from,...
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Oh no, Rock N’ Roll, Lou Reed Is Gone.
After we closed the Monte Bello Tasting Room today, I put on The Ramones. A very unusual occurrence. More often than not, I stick with The Jazz for closing up shop. When the team needs a bit of a...
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Ain’t Nobody Here But Me And My ’91 Monte Bello …
Your Monday morning was probably similar to my Monday morning … In that you too probably tasted 21 wines before noon … But did you taste this? Long-time readers of this blog may recall a post from...
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Christopher Prepares The Holiday Feast: Part I, The Camembert Chronicles
Post Summary: 4488: A Ridge Blog celebrates the launch of the Ridge Vineyards 2013 Holiday Offerings by pledging to prepare each of the six signature Wine & Food pairings featured in the 2013 Ridge...
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Brian Oeno Says, “Engagely Up Yourself!” -or- Virtual Tasting, Friday Night!
Spoiler Alert: This post is about Friday Night’s Virtual Tasting! ~ Greetings, this is Brian Oeno, reporting from the future. ~ Got your Tasting Mat?...
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1995 Monte Bello, anyone?
All you need is to be at our Lytton Springs Tasting Room this weekend (and either tasting room, starting the following weekend!), and you too can sample a taste of this legendary library offering! How...
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Carignane, My Wayward Son! “A Once-Forgotten Grape is Reborn in California”
Carignane ~ Cheers to Carignane! Cheers to Louis Villard! Cheers to 7X7! Sound the horns! Release the hounds! Fire the cannons! For those about to Carignane, we salute you! ~ The mysterious Louis...
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1994 Monte Bello: Tasting Notes, Tasting Stories …
Cellarable wines in the middle years of their developmental trajectory can be funny things. Often, they seem to come in and out of focus right before your eyes. When they coalesce around a profile,...
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Christopher Prepares The Holiday Feast: Part III, Orange Ya Glad?
Post Summary: 4488: A Ridge Blog celebrates the launch of the Ridge Vineyards 2013 Holiday Offerings by pledging to prepare each of the six signature Wine & Food pairings featured in the 2013 Ridge...
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Christopher Prepares The Holiday Feast: Part IV, Night Foraging
Post Summary: 4488: A Ridge Blog celebrates the launch of the Ridge Vineyards 2013 Holiday Offerings by pledging to prepare each of the six signature Wine & Food pairings featured in the 2013 Ridge...
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Things I’m Thankful For …
What a wonderful thing to have the opportunity to be thankful for, the opportunity to write another Things I’m Thankful For post! I began this tradition in 2009, when 4488: A Ridge Blog was not yet...
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The Four Humors … Of Wine!
Being a tradition-minded fellow, I am — when it comes to matters medical, anatomical, physiological, and psychological — a bit of a “Humorist”; that is to say, when in search of physio-spiritual and...
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It’s The Last Fair Wine Gone Down, Good Lord …
*Spoiler Alert! This post is about the coming release of the LAST WINE of 2013 to be released through our ATP Program! ~ It’s the last fair deal goin’ down Last fair deal goin’ down It’s the last fair...
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The New Long Division of Holiday Wine -or- Introducing The Wine Cats!
*Spoiler Alert! This post chronicles the deployment of a Venn Diagram in the service of tasting one of our very special 2013 Holiday Packs: “From Our Library!” ~ Often, when considering NEW wine...
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Christopher Prepares The Holiday Feast: Part V, The Days of Wine & Venison
Post Summary: 4488: A Ridge Blog celebrates the launch of the Ridge Vineyards 2013 Holiday Offerings by highlighting each of the six signature Wine & Food pairings featured in the 2013 Ridge...
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Scenes From A December First Friday
We look very forward to EVERY First Friday event, but the December edition, being the last of the year, is always greeted with just that little extra bit of anticipation. It’s a special one, and we...
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Jim Hall, The Night, & The Music
Tonight, we bid farewell to Jim Hall, who at the mortal age of 83, has left us. Jim Hall, who gave us so much beauty, who swung us galaxially through the harmonies of our lives. Jim Hall, who played...
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Double Descanting: scenes from RIDGEtalks – Talking 2010 Monte Bello
Ever wondered which classic Monte Bello vintage our winemaking team thinks most resembles the current release? Ever wondered which vintage of Monte Bello VP of Vineyard Operations David Gates wishes he...
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