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26 September, 2014

Oak Farm Vineyards Winery Expansion!

Comments : 6 Posted in : Events, Tasting Rooms in Lodi - CA, Travel Guide for Lodi - CA, Travel Sponsored Stays and Tours, Wine on September 26, 2014 by : The Gourmez

Tags: central california, estate, expansion, fishing, grand opening, lake, lodi, northern california, oak farm, tasting notes, tasting room, to visit, tourism, vineyards, winery

Oak Farm Vineyards Winery (23627 Devries Road) is on its way to becoming the first of its kind in the Lodi, CA, appellation: a family-owned estate that offers the full experience of a large-scale destination winery, minus the glitzy hotel and pretension. I took part in a media preview of their new expansion, which will
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28 August, 2014

WBC14: Bridlewood Estate Excursion

Comments : 2 Posted in : Chardonnay, Wine, Wine Bloggers Conference 2014 on August 28, 2014 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 2014, bloggers, bridlewood, buellton, chris finley, conference, e & j gallo, estate, excursion, farmer, finley farms organic, industrial eats, jake o'francis, jeff olsson, joanna finley, lake, mark williams, meet your maker, picnic lunch, producers, sea stephanie fish, stephanie mutz, sustainable, valley piggery, winemaker, winery

As I wrote in my thoughts on the 2014 Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC14), the overall value of the conference is one of the biggest reasons I’d consider going again in the future. And nothing can illustrate that better than the one additional excursion I attended the afternoon after WBC14 closed: the Bridlewood Estate Excursion. For
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