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ABOUT ME
NICKNAME: Bonny Doon
Born in Los Angeles in 1953 and attended Uncle Charlie’s Summer Camp; excuse me, the prestigious University of California at Santa Cruz where he studied Liberal Arts.
Occupation: Wine Producer of producing the Great American Pinot Noir
FRIENDS: Russian River Chamber of Commerce, Randall Grahm, Sonoma County Winery
RECENT POST: “I am a man who dances to a different doon”
ABOUT ME
Merry Edwards made her considerable reputation on distinctive pinot noir wines from California’s Russian River Valley, so it seems right that one of her wines came in first in a blind tasting of California and Oregon pinots. Right behind her, though, came two of the Oregonians: Sokol Blosser, one of Willamette Valley’s pioneer wineries, and ForeFront, a new venture by the Crimson Wine Group. In general, the Oregon pinots were lighter in color, fruitier in the nose and cleaner on the palate than the Californians, which were dark, smelled more like hay and mushrooms and had more powerful fruit
FRIENDS: Russian River Chamber of Commerce, Randall Grahm, Sonoma County Winery
RECENT POST: “After a decade of wine-making, I am living my dream!
