All things wine…especially Napa Valley Fine Wines
When I die… Not to be morbid, but when I die I have no desire for my epitaph to be: “We’re sure glad he always bought crappy wine!” It’s actually odd I came to love good, all too often expensive, wines, and would start a cellar I’m beginning to have considerable pride in. My dad […]
Please welcome Napa, the official DP Wine Cellar Dog! Napa is a yellow Labrador retriever, born on Feb 25th at Captain’s Kennels outside of Nisswa, Minnesota. I only drove over to check on the kennel, talk to the breeder, and then contemplate whether or not we truly needed a wine cellar dog. She came […]
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” Les Emmerson Every wine cellar needs rules! Just as we use CellarTracker.com to avoid chaos in our cellar holdings, so we have rules to avoid similar challenges when it comes to using our […]
Napa Valley Travel Tip: Dakota Shy Estate and Winery Make no mistake about it. We, here at DP Wine Cellar, are head over heels in love with the wines of Dakota Shy! I mean to say we all LOVE THEM! So, it seems, does everyone we introduce them to, making them a challenge for us […]
We’ve been buying wine for our cellar for a few years now and recently we began to pull together a few of our thoughts about our wine buying habits. Feel free to add, refute, or comment! Random marketing thoughts from a wine collector & customer I’ve never bought a bottle of wine due to its […]
The other day a friend asked “Scott, why do you love red wines?” He cringed when I replied “The reason begins in 1878. 1878 was the year Nazzareno Brunetti was born in the small town of Fossato di Vico, Italy. In 1901 he emigrated from Italy to join a cousin on the Iron Range of […]