Monterey AVA CA

What rhymes with Monterey?

Chardonnay! Truth be told, the Monterey AVA, aka wine region, is vast. Over 40,000 acres of wine grapes grow there, and eight sub-appellations have unique growing conditions. Hundreds of wineries are contained within, and many grape types are used, including Bordeaux types, such as Cabernet...

You can make pudding out of anything!

“You can make pudding out of anything”, so said one of my esteemed bosses. So it is with wine, you can make it from strawberries, Dandelions, rice or even tomatoes! Nothing however comes close to grapes, they have the best balance, color, sugar, acid, tannin and juice for creating a flavorful and complex wine that can improve with age.