Clinton Stark

Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear

Cline Zinfandel, Sonoma 2007

After Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, our feisty new world grape, Zinfandel, is the third most planted red grape in California. It has a polarizing personality. Some people love it's bold, fruit forward, zingy character, while others find it all a bit much. Me? I'm a fan. Especially since it...

New Kindle improved, but solving wrong problem?

I've been following the new Kindle announcement by Amazon with skeptical interest. The device, a digital reader for 'e-books', has met with some moderate success, and is often sold-out on the Amazon Web site. The new version is slimmer, better and cheaper — all par for the course in...

Tenuta Vineyards – Behind the scenes and barrel tasting

https://vimeo.com/3155853 The third largest winery in Livermore, California producing approximately 25,000 cases, Tenuta Vineyards is a unique place. Perched on a hill overlooking the rolling hills of Livermore, not only does it produce wine under its own Tenuta label, but offers a custom crush facility. Do you have a strong desire...

Week in review, survival of the fittest edition: Whales feed while I repair my calf

Another action packed week here at SSC. It seems like every 10 minutes something new comes our way: an email, a guest blog, a comment, a tweet. The other day, Loni and I were at the gym. Loni was pretending to work "hard" on the elliptical while I was trying...

Chateau des Cleons Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, France 2007 $5.99 (79 pts.)

79 Chateau des Cleons Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Loire Valley 2007. A discount wine from Trader Joe's that tastes every bit the part. Unbalanced, abundance of minerals leaves sour dry finish. $5.99 (Trader Joe's) — C.S.

Turnbull Cellars’ Peter Heitz discusses wine with Loni on ‘WineTales’

Have you ever wondered what it's like to taste wine from over 100 barrels per day?! Are you curious to know the #1 influencer of a great wine? We were fortunate to have Peter Heitz, a 4th generation vintner and winemaker, from the storied Turnbull Cellars join our latest 'WineTales'...

This just in: USA Today article on Loreto Bay, JW Marriot and Paraiso del Mar in La Paz

(02/08/2009 Update: Here is the actual scanned in USA Today Loreto Article courtesy of Mark Codiroli.) The press strategy kicked off by Jim Spano of Spano Partners, and Chairman of the newly created Loreto Visitors Bureau, is already in motion with a short article just published by USA Today. As we...

‘Bioshock’ and the underwater city of Rapture are wonderful eye candy on the PlayStation 3

I recently read that Alec Baldwin loves video games, although had to overcome an addiction. These days it's easy to see why with the ever escalating realism and escapism that they provide. Take a look, for example, at a sports video game such as the popular Madden series, and you'll...

Club Artesa shipment details and upcoming events

For those of you that belong to Club Artesa (or are considering joining) here are the details on the Winter Wine Club shipment and upcoming events. We belong to the "Red Only Club", so we're looking forward to some more juicy and spicey Carneros-style Pinots. Club Artesa Winter Wine Club Shipments Mixed...