Zinfandel

Plungerhead Lodi Zinfandel 2009

photograph of Don Sebastini and Sons The Other Guys Plungerhead Zinfandel Lodi. The shot has the bottle with the label of a male with a red bathroom plunger on his head and wine casks for legs. The bottle is placed next to a balloon wine glass filled with red zinfandel wine

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” — Alan Watts Who you calling Plungerhead? You can call us that any day of the week, if you also pour Plungerhead Lodi Zinfandel while you’re mocking us. Want a wine that is fun [...]

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Wine Guerrilla Sonoma County Zinfandel 2009

label for Wine Guerrilla Sonoma Zinfandel withPaul Klee inspired three nude blond women with sunflowers created by the artist Sean Colgin.

“Women are natural guerrillas. Scheming, we nestle into the enemy’s bed, avoiding open warfare, watching the options, playing the odds.” — Sally Kempton One taste and you’ll be scheming on how to get more of Wine Guerrilla Sonoma County Zinafandel 2009. Fruit forward with blackberry jam, black cherry and raspberries with notes of pepper, vanilla [...]

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Carruth Cellars Surfing Madonna Save the Ocean North Coast Cuvee

photograph of the mosaic stained glass art piece Surfing Madonna by Encinitas artist Mark Patterson Carruth Cellars Surfing Madonna Save the Ocean North Coast Cuvee the image is the image of the Blessed Virgin Guadalupe in a long robe or habit on a surfboard surfing on an azure coblat blue sea with the worlds

“Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The real schools should be the streets.” – Oscar Wilde “Why shouldn’t things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.” [...]

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Zin 91

bottle shot of Zin 91 by Opici Wines and Vinum. The label has a man in a suit and white shirt and black tie with

“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.” — Pablo Picasso “An idea is salvation by imagination.” — Frank Lloyd Wright   “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” — Thomas A. Edison   “Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more [...]

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Stepping Stone by Cornerstone Red Rocks! 2010

Photograph courtesy of Ian Riley from Brentwood, TN, USA Shot through two large rocks in Garden of the Gods, Colorado. September 2003, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2point5 Generic

A rolling stone gathers no moss. — Publilius Syrus Don’t let the moss grow under your feet if you want to quaff Stepping Stone by Cornerstone Red Rocks! 2010. Made in limited quantities and a new blend every year, the Red Rocks! will knock your socks off with its exuberant style. It’s an unusual blend [...]

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The Federalist Zinfandel 2008

label of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the labellabel of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the labellabel of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the labellabel of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the labellabel of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the labellabel of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the labellabel of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the labellabel of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the labellabel of the Federalist Zinfandel with the face of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the label

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.” — Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father of the United States of [...]

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Layer Cake Primitivo 2008

Label for Jayson Woodbridge's Layer Cake Primitivo

“I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.” — Mary McCarthy Who doesn’t love cake? And Layer Cake Primitivo 2008 is no exception. Give this an hour or two open up and it will pair perfectly with red meat on a backyard barbeque. The color is dense purple, with plummy, jammy flavors of black [...]

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Zinfest 2011

Lodi Zinfest Poster. A flaxen-hair woman thirstily drink a glass of zinfandel wine in from of the blue waters of Lodi Lake

The Lodi Zinfest event gets a mention based on the poster alone. She clearly looks like a Wine Harlot to me! The Zinfest is billed as Lodi’s premiere wine tasting event and is being held on May 14th at Lodi Lake Park with advance tickets priced at $45 USD and $55 at the door. poster created [...]

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Wine Guerrilla Conte Vineyard Russian River Valley Zinfandel 2008

Wine Guerrilla Conte Vineyard Russian River Valley Zinfandel 2008

“The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.” — Abbie Hoffman ¡Viva la Revolución! After being indoctrinated by a bottle of Wine Guerrilla Conte Vineyard Russian River Valley Zinfandel, you’ll be eager to join the insurrection. If the lush blackberry bramble and leather notes don’t convert you to the revolutionary cause, [...]

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Bruliam Wines

Bottles of Bruliam pinot noir. Burgundy labels with periodic symbol. Copyright EatonAlive.

Welcome to the inaugural Philanthropy Thursday, where we profile people, products, and organizations that showcase the best nature of humankind. “In charity there is no excess.”  –  Sir Francis Bacon Bruliam Wines motto is: “Wine is elemental.”  So is philanthropy.  Bruliam Wines is a wholly philanthropic venture.  All of the profits (yes, all) will be [...]

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