Thanksgiving Turkey and Wine!
Thanksgiving Wine tips from Nick, our Winemaker! Turkey is the classic fall meal, having been enjoyed for many years with the fresh harvest vegetables such as potatoes, squash, cranberry, corn, along...
View ArticleLaurita Winery Special Event Help Wanted!
“We’re feelin’ needy! We heard you and you wanted shorter lines for food, wine, restrooms and we want what you want. To achieve it, we need to increase the number of our employees for our Nov. 14 and...
View ArticleIs Wine Tasting for Real?
Have you ever seen people taste wine, whether in tv or film, and thought to yourself: “That seems like total bs.” Conversely, have you ever seen a wine tasting and thought to yourself: “That seems...
View Article7 Amazing Thanksgiving-Themed Wine Bottle Centerpieces!
Just as Halloween gave us an opportunity to explore some creative ways to turn turn those empty wine bottles into Halloween decor, we wanted to do the same for Thanksgiving. As a winery, there’s no...
View ArticleIn the Thanksgiving Spirit…
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and count our blessings. Of course, we’re all thankful for the BIG, IMPORTANT things: Health Family The food we eat The roof over our heads And Laurita is...
View ArticleCheers To Laurita’s Late Fall Food Trucks!
There’s nothing more invigorating, more inspiring, and more contemplative than being in the great outdoors in fall. And there’s no greater place to experience these feelings than at Laurita’s late...
View ArticleWould You Buy Wine From The Biggest Wine Swindler In Recent History?
For us wine enthusiasts, the name Rudy “Dr. Conti” Kurniawan is as unacceptable in the world of wine as merlot with ice. For the uninitiated, Kurniawan was convicted of wine counterfeiting almost 2...
View Article3 Great Wine Related Gifts For Christmas 2015 (or 2016!)
There’s truly no better time than christmas for wine enthusiasts. The weather may be cold and the daytime depressingly short, but there’s always a warm and cozy fire to sip your favorite wine in front...
View ArticleWine Prices Are Up For Holidays But Not At Laurita!
We’ve said it once and we’ll say again: we love the holidays! It allows us to share our love for wine with our friends and family. That’s why we go to great lengths to make sure that our wine prices...
View ArticleHot Chocolate & Wine!
Baby, It’s COLD Outside! Warm Up With WINE! The first icy blast of the season is upon us. (Only took until January… At the rate this winter has been going, we almost expected “Ugly Bathing Suit”...
View ArticleGood Night, Sweet Prince.
“We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.” ~Eduardo Galeano We’re seeing this poor guy all over the internet! It started when his wife, miss-izzle, shared the pictures to...
View ArticleLearn to Love Wine!
Learn to love wine Wine has too often been considered a luxury item. In the past, sommeliers and cork-sniffing customers, with their seemingly foreign language and ways, have been portrayed as...
View ArticleGirl Scout Cookies… and WINE!
Perfect Pairings for your Cookie Cravings! It’s that time of year again! No, not the Super Bowl. That’s old news. We’re talking about something important, something life-changing, something we dream...
View ArticleNapa Valley Legend Peter Mondavi Sr Dies At 101
“They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a misty dream, our path emerges for a while, then closes, within a dream.” Ernest Dowson, The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson The wine...
View ArticleWINE WORKOUT
Just in case you needed another reason to drink wine or work out– Wait a minute. What are we talking about? Who needs another reason to drink wine? Ok… Just in case you needed another reason to work...
View ArticleWhat’s Cooking?
Answering the age-old question… What do I do with all this leftover wine? We know, we know… What the heck is leftover wine?! But you see, shockingly there are people who do not finish the bottle (or...
View ArticleTalkin’ Bout My Generation
The millennials are drinking all the wine! Ok, not really. But they did buy 160 million cases of it last year. Turns out there’s a bit of a generation gap when it comes to wine.The Wine Market Council...
View ArticleCan You Open Wine Without a Corkscrew?
A true wine lover will usually have at least one corkscrew around… if not half a dozen hidden away in a kitchen drawer. Let’s face it, beyond the wine itself, a corkscrew and some decent glasses are...
View ArticleHow to Taste Wine
We stumbled across an article today called “How to Wine Taste Properly”. Funny. We didn’t realize it was possible to taste wine improperly. Unless, of course, your method is something like this… Of...
View ArticleHappy St. Patrick’s Day!
We’re aware that there’s a “traditional beverage” for St. Paddy’s celebrations… namely green beer. Now, we’ve got nothing against an ice cold brew. It’s not only delicious, but it does kinda go...
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