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
Napa Valley trend watch: The Albariño grape, fad or here to stay?
There's an interesting article on the Napa Valley Blog contemplating the future of the Albariño grape, of Spanish fame, in Napa. Artesa Vineyards and Winery, along with three others (Hendry, Havens, Mahoney), currently produce wines with this grape which results in "a refreshing wine with lemony characteristics and good acidity."
Economics,...
New milestone for StarkSilverCreek as over 11,600 people visit in December!
Loni and I received a pleasant surprise today when we were told December was a record month for this little web site. Over 11,600 unique people (counting each person only once even if they visit multiple times) dropped in to StarkSilverCreek last month.
This is way beyond anything we could...
View from a tower in the Loreto Bay Baja resort development
Loni gives an update from the Agua Viva neighborhood in Loreto Bay.
https://vimeo.com/4357687
This clip is from the tower of our little casa which should be completed sometime soon.
StarkSilverCreek week(s) in review: Loreto Guide updated, Stark Naked Report, recipes and wine
2009 is off to a flying start. We just wrapped a trip to Napa that had Loni sending tweets on the fly from Artesa, Turbull, Cakebread, Sequoia Grove and other scenic spots along the way. More on that trip to come.
We've updated the StarkSilverCreek Loreto Bay and Loreto Guides...
Follow our Saturday Napa wine country tour with Loni’s Twitter updates
If you're interested in what's happening in Napa today, you can follow along on our trip. Loni will be sending out 'tweets' throughout the day from wine country.
On the right sidebar you'll see a red heading and live updates below. Just refresh your browser to get the latest.
Also, you...
Mamma Mia! I’m the spouse of a woman on a “diet”!
Two things concerned me this week. The first was Loni's Isagenix diet program. It's one thing when two people go on a diet together, but a whole other story when just one does. More on that in a sec.
My second concern was the inevitable viewing of Mamma Mia. I...
‘The Stark Naked Report’ Podcast #4: ‘The Dark Night’, 5 tips for your next Napa tour, New Year’s resolutions
The Stark Naked Report: December 31, 2008
With Clinton and Loni Stark
'The Dark Night' Batman movie review: he said/she said
Top 5 things you should do before your next Napa or Sonoma wine country tour
New Year's resolutions for 2009
https://www.starkinsider.com/podcasts/SSC09-TheStarkNakedReport4-Dec312008.mp3
The 2008 “in wine country” wine review roundup and highlights
Looking back, I thought I would pick out some of our favorite blog highlights in case you missed them. Also below, is a roundup of our 2008 wine reviews.
