Wine(ry) Recommendation: Smith-Madrone
Charles, Stu, and Sam Smith have one hell of a good thing going high up in the Spring Mountain District of California’s Napa Valley. Last month my friend Zach, […]
Tag Archives: Nebraska Wine
A Napa Valley State of Mind
“Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood, hop a flight to Miami Beach or Hollywood.” But I’m flying Frontier, through the blue and gentle skies; […]
Niobrara Valley Vineyards Review
Ever since we took our honeymoon in Sonoma, people have been giving us wine as gifts. This is a good thing. Sometimes, however, it comes in masses, for example at Christmas […]
Avoiding the High Cost of (Wine) Education
Anyone who has ever sat in gridlock on the 405, or even just hit I-80 at the wrong time of day, has in the very least considered the merits of […]
Book Recommendation: Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine by George M. Taber
The damage done by prohibition to American wine palates was more than substantial; it set the domestic wine industry back forty years, if not more. During “the noble experiment” that […]
Pirtle Winery Review
Wineries come in all shapes and sizes. We’ve seen sprawling estates with long winding drives and castle-like structures, quaint awning-covered small town shop fronts, and even a few that take […]
Prairie Creek Vineyards Review
Independence Day has always offered us interesting wine experiences. Our first July 4 together, Sonja spilled no less than three glasses of wine, breaking one glass and only managing to […]
Big Cottonwood Vineyards & Winery Review
There’s nothing fancy about Big Cottonwood Vineyard and Winery. That said, if and when you find yourself in Omaha, it’s worth knowing that this little gem upon the prairie is […]
Silver Hills Vineyards & Winery Review
Forty-five miles north of Omaha, amidst the rolling hills planted primarily with corn and soybeans, a winery rests “just off the beaten path,” as they write in their brochures. Silver Hills […]
Whiskey Run Creek Vineyard & Winery Review
Brownville, Nebraska, is a tourist destination unto itself. With incredible historic houses to tour, an entire main street (and an old school) full of used bookstores, a working steamboat, and […]
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