- Dutton-Goldfield, Sonoma County
- Matanzas Creek Winery, Sonoma County
- getting emotional with 2007 La Bastide Saint-Dominique Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Secrets de Pignan
- The Emperor of Wine: the Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste by Elin McCoy
- Littorai Wines dinner at the Fifth Floor Restaurant in the Palomar Hotel, San Francisco
- Noble Rot: a Bordeaux Wine Revolution by William Echikson
- apricot liquor
- 2010 Saint Cosme Côtes du Rhône