Often times in the wine world, we see vineyard sites designated to a certain AVA (American Viticulture Area) and we wonder how on earth these arbitrary lines were drawn. Can we really tell the difference between a Cabernet from Rutherford … Continue reading
As Alex celebrates her one-year Hawkes anniversary, I’m celebrating my own anniversary of becoming a Sonoman. Before moving here, I’d been shacking up in Marin at Chez Mom, recovering from a soul-destroying run in LA. After a few months … Continue reading
I mean fudge. At least on Father’s Day. The tasting room was a ghost town this Sunday. Corinne and I assumed it was a slow afternoon on the square until we were proven wrong on my sandwich trek to the … Continue reading
At our Hawkes Downtown Sonoma Tasting Room we share a wall with The Girl and the Fig restaurant. It presents the only negative to working here, which is that every day I am taunted by the unrelenting, heavenly scent of … Continue reading