October 1, 2018
Winery-Direct Discount for DDWA Members. Buy Lunar Ridge Syrah 2016 for 20% off, winery-direct. $32 down to $25.60/bottle. 3 bottle minimum purchase required. Not a DDWA Member yet? Join here. Contact Dan to order Lunar Ridge is a postage stamp-sized, northwest (setting sun) facing vineyard in Napa’s Coombsville District in Southeast Napa Valley. Owners Ray and Theresa Joske live on their vineyard, tend to their vines, sell most of their grapes and keep enough to make a few barrels of wine each year (3 barrels – 75 cases – in 2016). The wine is made by Bruce Devlin, a skilled winemaker […]
June 11, 2018
Wish you could be a wine-tasting insider? You know, taste wine with the winemakers. Maybe a little barrel tasting. Really get to know the wine that’s in your glass. A little less wine country pomp and circumstance and more about the wine and the vineyard from which it comes. How would you like that? Here’s your chance. Members of Dan Dawson’s Wine Advisor are welcome to join me at scheduled winery/winemaker tastings at no cost to you. I often hit the wine road to taste, catch up with friends in the wine business and find new wines to recommend to […]
June 8, 2018
I’ve “teamed up” with Napa Valley Wine Academy to present tastings on the first and third Thursdays of each month, starting in August. Education and enjoyment go hand-in-hand in these tastings. They are geared toward both wine-students and the casual, curious wine drinker. We want you to learn a little and definitely have a good time. Tastings are $30/person in advance, and $15 for Members of Dan Dawson’s Wine Advisor. Not a member? JOIN HERE. Tastings are limited to 30 guests. Buy in advance to insure your spot. Tickets can be purchased soon at Napa Valley Wine Academy’s Website. CALENDAR […]