Wine is the story of a year in a place, captured in a bottle.

Take a sip, close your eyes, then picture the place, the way the soil smells, feel the breeze, hear the rustle of the leaves on the vines. Your Senses tell you the story of that beautiful liquid in your glass.

Each bottle has a story to tell.

A winemaker’s passion for a style, or varietal.

The variations of soil giving character to the wine.

The way the air moves.

Spring rains, summer heat, winter frost…

All this culminates in what you find in each bottle.

This is different for each region,

for each vineyard, sometimes for each row.

There are some wonderful untold stories to share with you.

We will be making stops in Santa Barbara Wine Country as well as to Napa and Sonoma, and we have only hit the tip of the iceberg in the wine regions of the Columbia Gorge, Yakima Valley, Walla Walla, and the Willamette Valley.

Our wine video series, wine and food pairings recipes, follows Crushed Grape Chronicles as we talk with Winemakers, grape growers and farmers. We explore the different wine regions, wine AVAs, taking in the local culinary food and wine pairings. We explore the “Scenic Route” along the way stopping, literally, smelling the roses and seeing the sights.