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California Dreamin’ is a journal about vineyard hunting, viticulture, people, and places in California wine.
DATE NIGHT! SKL’s Local Valentine Menu.
Full disclosure: I’m a bit biased on the pairings, so you might need to swing by the LIOCO Healdsburg Tasting Room to get stocked up on wine before...
Appellation Wines of Place
Every year in January, we release our appellation level wines. The word “appellation” denotes a geographically defined viticultural area. These...
Recipe Feature: Razor Clam Crostini w/ Lemony Crème Fraiche
Winter invites a scenery change. We are seemingly always packing up the car and on our way to some special California place. When we're not scouting...
Holidays in Healdsburg
Winter time in Healdsburg. There’s a lot of meat on that bone. While most of the visitors to our region come during the summer and fall months,...
At Our Holiday Table
The holidays are here and with them, the Feasting Season! The late autumn and early winter months invite more time in the kitchen, pouring over...
Chardonnay in California
California Chardonnay is not just a Fat Elvis Why is Chardonnay simultaneously adored and maligned? This is a question I wrestled with before...
Harvest Update 2022
One of the greatest fallacies ever perpetrated upon an unassuming California winemaker was this: "Every year is a great year in California!" This...
Lioco Wines Tasting Room
Sara and I, Matt, are new to the downtown Healdsburg Tasting Room scene. We spent the first 13 years building the LIOCO brand on the best restaurant...
Classic Pairings – Chardonnay
Whether we're shucking Humboldt oysters in January or grilling local rock cod in August, pairing the ocean's bounty with our mineral-driven...
Pinot Noir for All
There is no season for Pinot Noir. Because it marries well with the bounty of every season, you will find it on the dining tables of...
Merging
Some of the world’s greatest wines are blends. If nothing else, some of the greatest wine values are. Kevin and I have always sought the mid-range...
Whites your Fishmonger will Love
Many of our long-time list members know that the best values in our Cellar are the appellation wines -- those made from a blend of proximate...
Carignan, the Black Sheep
We're going to let you in on a little insider secret: if you like modestly priced, medium-bodied reds with complex fruit and savory notes...you...
Mendocino Organic
Green Rush Despite the fact that Mendocino county borders Sonoma County, it maintains an identity all its own. Mendo’s “green” credentials are...
Searching the Santa Cruz Mountains
Going Off Piste Some of the most exciting “discoveries” we’ve made in the last 10-years have been in the Aptos-Corralitos region of Santa Cruz....
Place Matters
The Licklider family-owned and operated winery, LIOCO, selects grapes from exceptional California vineyards located throughout a wildly diverse,...
Carignan, Two Ways
We're closing our Winter Release with an insider secret: if you like modestly priced, medium bodied reds with complex fruit and savory notes...you...
Old Vines
Lolonis Vineyard: est. 1945 LIOCO has been buying fruit from the Lolonis Ranch since 2011. A few years before, our close friend, Athan Poulos,...