A little while back I was given the chance to attend a very special gathering of established winemaker luminaries and taste a whole slew of outstanding wines, courtesy of a very gracious invite by Monica Collins of
All Access Napa Valley. I've never seen such a lineup of All-Star winemakers, nor the chance to have such access to speak with those that make or have made famous wines such as
Kamen,
Screaming Eagle,
Scarecrow,
The Prisoner,
Rocca Family and
L'Angevin. The event was held at the innovative
ACME Fine Wines in
St. Helena. Ever since opening their doors in April of '03, co-owners and organizers of this event
Karen Williams and David Stevens have consistently reinvented the wine retail, storage and event industries. Their efforts have been noticed by
numerous newspapers and
wine writers.
The recovery is almost over...I have managed to survive another incredibly awesome North American Wine Bloggers' Conference, once again headquartered at the Flamingo in Santa Rosa (Sonoma Valley). The 4 days of vino-frenzy began with a trek out to Murphys in the longtime wine region of Calaveras County, where some Twisted wine fun was had by a few lucky bloggers who made the trek. Hosted by El Jefe (Twitter) & Scott (Twitter) of Twisted Oak & Newsome-Harlow, we visited the tasting rooms of Hatcher, Newsome-Harlow, Tanner and finished up at the TO tasting room with some Renner wines. 
