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Wine Times at Simi in Sonoma With the Summer season coming soon winery tasting rooms around the Northern Hemisphere will be inundated with wine fans and tourists looking for the next gem in their cellar and/or glass.  So when you look at what it takes to run a winery, we get it, it's expensive and more importantly you don't want your tasting room to be considered a singles bar (does anyone even use that term anymore?).  We empathize with the winery owner trying to walk a very fine line. Plus we should say right off the top, if you are in a jurisdiction where charging for tastings is mandated then this totally doesn't apply to you.  It is what it is and let's move on.  However, if you're not, we beg your indulgence to hear us out as consumers (and we know you've heard it before). Different winery, different policy.  That leaves a bad taste...figuratively speaking. We've been to different wine regions across North America and in each region there are...

Given our overall lackluster wine tasting volume during the last 12 months we are just now getting around to drinking wines we have had in the racks for a while now. This wine we purchased at the winery last year when we took one of the first trips to the Valley after our little guy arrived.  As you can see from the picture, we know require a 'Swear Jar' to go along with our wines.  It really is amazing to see how your terrible habits come back to roost on you. In any event, to the wine. For those unaware, we here in Nova Scotia have an actual appellation for our aromatic whites.  Tidal Bay was born a couple of years ago as great idea to play to our strengths as a wine region.  There are many regulations that go with putting Tidal Bay on your label including the grapes you can use as well as percentages of each.  Same idea as Bordeaux or Barolo with rules and regulations.  It's a flexible blend wine in terms of allow winemakers to us...