Winelights - Sip Wines

Topel and Orsa Wines

A Sip Wines "Winelight"Martin Bernal-Hafner, Winemaker Roger Peng, Business savvy “Once you pop, the fun don’t stop!” I have to give the Pringles folks some credit: in a sea of advertising slogans with varying degrees of accuracy, theirs is dead-on. I don’t say that lightly; with respect

February 28, 2021 - 7 min read

Anaba Wines: Where the answer was blowing in the wind all along

A Sip Wines "Winelight" John Sweazey & John Michael Sweazey, founders and proprietors The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind… I’ll be honest, I’ve never quite understood the appeal of Bob Dylan as a singer. And it’s not because I don’t appreciate music from

February 24, 2021 - 7 min read

Land, vine, wine, and intention: Keeler Estate Vineyard

A Sip Wines "Winelight"Craig and Gabrielle Keeler, Founders & OwnersMeet Craig and Gabrielle Keeler, founders and owners of Keeler Estate Vineyard (along with their daughter Beatrice, pictured in the photo above). The Keelers are one of our biodynamic winery partners at Sip Wines, and because biodynamic farming is still

February 12, 2021 - 7 min read

The peanut butter to her jelly, the Vaughn to his Duffy

A Sip Wines "Winelight" Matt Duffy and Sara Vaughn Valentine’s Day is still a month away, but if you’re brave enough to set foot in a store right now (or if you just need a quick fix from your happy place, which for me is Target), you’d

January 15, 2021 - 7 min read

Medlock Ames

A Sip Wines "Winelight" Ames Morison and Chris Medlock James Oh hey, it’s 2021! I would say something more celebratory, but I’m taking the following meme quite seriously at the moment: Still, I’m kind of a sucker for making new year’s resolutions, and this year it

January 06, 2021 - 6 min read

Waits-Mast Family Cellars

A Sip Wines “Winelight” Brian Mast & Jennifer Waits, Owners/Vintners Shalini Sekhar, Winemaker Not long after I started blogging for Sip Wines, I had the pleasure of speaking with Brian Mast and Jennifer Waits, the owners of Waits-Mast Family Cellars. Without giving too much away up front, I left

December 09, 2020 - 6 min read

Marbue Marke - Winemaker, Oceano Wines

A Sip Wines "Winelight" Hi, my name is Julia, and I’m addicted to the thesis statement. Yep, that basic principle of writing that we all learned in some early grade, likely the cause of much agony and angst. A thesis statement is a hard thing, after all; a good

December 08, 2020 - 6 min read

Winderlea Vineyard and Winery

A Sip Wines “Winelight”Bill Sweat and Donna Morris Fun fact about me: I used to work in the career center at one of the top law schools in the country. The fact that I used to work at a law school is almost entirely irrelevant for purposes of being

December 01, 2020 - 7 min read

Boeschen Vineyards & Winery

Dan, Susan, and Doug BoeschenA Sip Wines Winelight I’ve recently discovered an unexpected side effect to all the interviews I’m doing with these amazing wineries for Sip Wines: it’s starting to make me feel a bit, shall we say, under-accomplished. It’s kind of like when I

November 20, 2020 - 6 min read