Who’s this crazy guy completely in his element in the hills of California? That’s Hardy Wallace, a friend of mine who has been working hard and living his dream with Murphy-Goode Winery in Sonoma wine country. He’s since announced a new gig at The NPA and Michel-Schlumberger Winery and I couldn’t be happier for him.
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Tags: California, dirty south wine, Hardy Wallace, Healdsburg, natural wine, natural wine merchant, San Francisco, Sonoma County, Sonoma wine, Sonoma Wine Country, Terroir, wine
There’s no doubt about it, San Francisco is a food lover’s paradise. Restaurants, food carts, farmer’s markets are abundant, and over the bridge and up the highway hundreds of wineries grab for your attention. I missed the Ferry Building on my weekend trip a few months ago but made it my first stop on my...
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Saturday, December 5, 2009 Posted in travel
I’ve had the travel bug for as long as I can remember. I was born and raised in Cleveland and road tripped it up to Toronto, Canada every summer and would be excited by getting funny-looking colored paper money and coins called loonies and toonies at the border, and poking fun at my cousins accents....
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Posted in General
Hey y’all! Please pardon the iPhone photos — I’m out in California on vacation and wanted to throw up a few photos up on the blog. The weather is amazing and am having a good time in San Francisco where I’ve visited a few times, and spending some good time in Sonoma wine country with...

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