Three Sticks offers three small-lot wines that pair up beautifully for a variety of holiday entrees. The portfolio of current releases includes the 2008 Durell Vineyard Chardonnay, the 2007 Durell Vineyard Pinot Noir and the 2006 Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
This very special pre-holiday streaming broadcast will be hosted by award-winning wine radio host, journalist, wine judge Ziggy, the Wine Gal with Three Sticks Winemaker Don Van Staaveren. Ziggy has teamed with Chef Duskie Estes of Zazu and Bovolo restaurants, who recently competed on TV Food Network's "Next Iron Chef" show, to create recipe pairings for each wine to share with our panel of wine bloggers and online guests from around the country. Visit the TasteLive Blog to download the recipes.
Three Sticks is also offering a special Holiday pack for those wishing to acquire wines from its allocation list. Please note that these wines are made in small-lots, so purchases are limited to a minimum of 3 bottles, and maximum of 12 bottles per customer.
The event will be broadcast live from Cellars of Sonoma in Santa Rosa, California, which is known for its great selection of exclusive wines and TV Tuesdays broadcasts. Ziggy will also be joined by purveyors Jim Reichardt of Sonoma County Poultry & Liberty Duck and Rex Wiliiams of Williams Ranches Lamb.
Below is our esteemed wine blogger panel!
Grace Hoffman aka Cellarmistress
I am an Italian-born, American-bred wine blogger/wine lover and wine educator. Passionate about wine and all that it encompasses, I can't wait to share my wine-soaked adventures with the entire world!
Craig Drollett has been in the wine business for 17 years in that time working in everything from restaurants to importing to retail ownership. In 2008 Craig, along with Chris Gillis, founded Tastelive.com and thus began the revolution of online wine tasting and social media based wine tasting events. Today, Craig is back with Frederick Wildman and Sons in NY revolutionizing the way fine wine importers communicate online.
A practicing attorney with expertise in marketing and PR, Amy co-authors Another Wine Blog. An avid sports fan, member of the Society of Wine Educators and self-avowed political junkie, she occasionally contributes to Palate Press and the nationally syndicated blog, MOMocrats™
Joe Power aka HoustonWino
Joe Power is the editor and publisher of Another Wine Blog. A misspent youth and a failed attempt at Rock and Roll superstardom left him with little choice but to turn to a life of drink. He claims to not be under indictment at this time, and a quick check shows no outstanding warrants.
Three Sticks Wines is a boutique, family-owned winery committed to making small-lot, artisanal wines from exceptional sites, such as our famed Durell Estate Vineyard in Sonoma Valley, California. Proprietor Bill Price, an investor in numerous wine businesses over the past 20 years including Kistler and Kosta Browne, founded Three Sticks in 2002 in his quest to create world-class wines from his Durell Vineyard. Today, that vision has expanded to other remarkable vineyard sites in Sonoma Valley.
Our People, Our Philosophy The heart and soul of Three Sticks is our outstanding, committed, talented and creative team. We are reverent when it comes to dirt, fruit, wine and our craft. We are incorrigible artisans with the luxury to do what we love with integrity and gusto.
Our philosophy in creating wines of beauty and balances is simple: source from exceptional vineyard sites in Sonoma County, farm with earthy-friendly practices and manages for extremely low yields, and the, in our winemaking, handcraft with precision, restraint and finesse to allow the fruit to tell its story.