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4 September, 2016

Most Memorable Wines from the 2016 Wine Bloggers Conference: Part 2

Most Memorable Wines from the 2016 Wine Bloggers Conference: Part 2

Comments : 3 Posted in : Bread Wine, Liqueurs, Other Spirits, Petite Sirah, Red Wine, Sauvignon Blanc, Vodka, White Wine, Wine, Wine Bloggers Conference 2016 on September 4, 2016 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 3 steves, cafe d'aristi, carawy, collin cranor, concannon vineyards, craig camp, gail kautz, guanabana, homemade tamales, huana, ironstone, john kautz, justin koury, liqueur, livermore valley wine, livermore wine, lodi wine, longue carabine, mayan alcohol, my vino rules, obsessions wines, polugar, symphony, teichart ranch, troon, vasco urbano, wbc16, wine antics, wine bloggers conference, wine camp, wizard of whisky

Last week, I posted Part 1 of this two-part series on the most memorable wines from the 2016 Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC), based in Lodi. I also participated in the Livermore Valley pre-excursion, so those wines crop up here. And they crop up on Instagram, where I first posted this picture from our Concannon dinner:
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24 September, 2015

Sampling Coastal Spirits and the Gin Farallon Kickstarter

Sampling Coastal Spirits and the Gin Farallon Kickstarter

Comments : 1 Posted in : Distillery, Events, Gin, Liqueurs, Spirits, Vodka on September 24, 2015 by : The Gourmez

Tags: amaro, bay area, brad plummer, cardamom, coastal spirits, coffee liqueur, craft of gin, distiller, distillery, elizabeth olson, gin tumbler, grapevine consulting, justin koury, kickstarter, peninsula, reprint, san carlos, the distiller, thea dwelle, video game, vodka chardonnay

Recently, I was invited by Justin of the Grapevine Consulting to come and check out Coastal Spirits distillery and their new Gin Farallon. Pretty much everything about Coastal Spirits is new; Brad Plummer launched his first spirit, Vodka Farallon, last September. It’s already picked up a medal from the American Distilling Institute and is
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