About Jamie
          A Minnesota Girl who has landed herself in California. Her passions are Travel, Art, Wine, and new experiences!        
        
       
      
            
	
                                        			
                        			
				
				Disclosure: I attended the San Francisco Rhone Rangers Event in San Francisco on Saturday, June 10th.  This was my experience. The Rhone Rangers is my type of wine event.  It truly is.  Let me explain why:  Since I discovered my love of wine, I’ve been fixated on sharing and finding US Made Wines.  This is … Continue reading »
			 
	
			
									
						Categories:  Travel					
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						Tags: Acquiesce, Ben Cane, Crux Winery, Field Family Wines, Grenache, Jaffurs Wines, Jeremy Weintraub, Larry Schaffer, Ledge Vineyards, Lodi, Marsanne, Mourvedre, Neil Collins, Paso Robles, Picpoul, Rhone Rangers, Rhone Varietals, Rhone Wines, Santa Barbara, Syrah, Tablas Creek Vineyards, Tercero Wines, Terret Noir, Unti Vineyards, What is Terret Noir?					
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				Disclosure: I was invited out for a food preview of Pinoli Cucina Rustica.  This was my experience. If anyone’s been paying attention, Guerneville is an area of Sonoma County that is booming with some incredible restaurants.  As more and more chefs are finding the beauty in this sleepy, little Russian River, wine country town. And … Continue reading »
			 
	
			
									
						Categories:  Travel					
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						Tags: Applewood Inn, Chef Christian Darcoli, Farm to table, Fresh Food, Frittole, Guerneville, Italian Cooking, Italian Rustica, Pinoli Cucina Rustica, Slo Food, Wine, Wine Country, Wine Country Dining					
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				A stop into Edna Valley AVA isn’t complete without a visit to the tasting room of Baileyana and Tangent Wines.  Their tasting room is housed in an old, one room schoolhouse built in 1909, where some Wine Club Members within the area even went to school here, at one point. The tasting room sits across … Continue reading »
			 
	
			
									
						Categories:  Travel					
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						Tags: Baileyana Wines, Chardonnay, Edna Valley, Jack niven, Nivem Family Wines Estates, Niven Family, Paragon Vineyard, Pinot Noir, Tangent Wines, True Myth Wine, Zocker Wines					
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