Beer of the Week: Tartare Sour Berliner Weisse, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

What a great name for a soft, easy to drink at 4% ABV beer. Usually tartare evokes raw beef, bloody rare. It’s not usually a bucolic term. This tartare evokes sunny days in the California Wine Country, or this time of year, a perfect session beer to carry you through hours of Oktoberfest oompah bands.Continue reading “Beer of the Week: Tartare Sour Berliner Weisse, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA”

Tasting Notes from Healdsburg

At the meeting point of four major wine growing valleys, Healdsburg boasts no shortage of wineries to visit and tasting rooms to sample at in town and out amongst vines. Fortunately, the traffic of Napa’s Highway 29 hasn’t yet found its way to the Russian River Valley, the Dry Creek Valley, the Alexander Valley, andContinue reading “Tasting Notes from Healdsburg”

Monday’s Neighborhood: The Plaza, Healdsburg, CA

At the convergence of four different major wine growing regions, Healdsburg can be considered Wine City USA. And yes, none of those wine regions are known as the Napa Valley. It is at this not-so-quaint feeling quaint town where the Alexander Valley to the north, the Dry Creek Valley to the west, the Russian RiverContinue reading “Monday’s Neighborhood: The Plaza, Healdsburg, CA”