Michael Pinkus Wine Review - On the Road with the Grape Guy

On the Road with the Grape Guy

On the Road with the Grape Guy is a on-going feature that follows me from event to event ... I post my thoughts, feelings and reviews of what happened and what I tasted ... basically it is here that I review the events I attend and the things that thrilled me.

Report from - FEW-esta Tomato - August 26, 2007

29 Aug 2007

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What causes a winery to think outside the box? What makes them think that something unrelated to their field of expertise will work? Nobody really knows what made Fielding believe that a tomato festival would work at a winery … but it worked so well the first time, they brought it back again.

I was asked more than a half-dozen times over the past few weeks where I was heading this weekend and each time I said, “I’m going to Fielding for a Tomato Festival” the incredulous looks I received and comments I heard ranged from “at a winery?!?” to “a what where?” made many people, including myself, snicker. “I guess they just love tomatoes,” I would reply.

Now here’s the funny thing ... (Read More)

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Report from - Reif Estate Winery Sensory Garden - August 25, 2007

28 Aug 2007

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Reif’s Sensory Garden is now open ... I visited just the weekend of August 25th and was impressed with the smells available, and I really did smell chocolate mint, vanilla, strawberry and ginger in all this greenery. Clay pots line the paths of the garden and the smells, that you are suppose to get from these a seemingly innocuous green plants, are clearly labeled. Here are some of the pictures I took ... (See the Pictures)

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