Honig blog
Blog URL http://www.honigwine.com/honig-blog
Located Napa, California USA
Tags wine, napa valley, sauvignon blanc, cabernet sauvignon, sustainable, rutherford, winery, family, solar
Honig is in Rutherford, Napa Valley and is focused on producing world-class Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Honig has been growing grapes for over 30 years and is known as a pioneer in sustainability, for its wines and its vivacious team.
Latest Blog Posts
- The luck of the Irish
Growing up I ate potatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner (just about every day), listened to “Oh Danny Boy” at nearly every family event, and always laughed at every one of my grandfather’s jokes. With his thick accent we would always get the...
- Rutherford Recollections
My name is Steven Honig and I wanted to put down some of my memories of Rutherford as a young child. As I am now 44, we are talking about more than thirty-five years ago. I recall Rutherford as being a very bright and dusty place. I...
- Better late than never...the 2008 harvest at Honig ended on October 20th
Kristin Belair, Winemaker at Honig, just ended her 28th harvest. With all its twists and turns, she feels the best way to describe the 2008 harvest is that it was “random”. When asked for her take on the 2008 harvest for the Napa Vintners A...
- Kristin Belair...How it all began for the woman behind Honig wine
Beer started my career. Somehow, at about age one, so my mother tells me, unbeknownst to her, I put a full, unopened beer can in the oven. She innocently placed a mystery casserole in the oven to heat (or possibly reheat) for dinner, the beer, heatin...
- What the heck is Yelp?
There has been a lot of controversy lately over websites geared toward "recommendation marketing" - these are sites that allow you to post reviews (i.e. give your opinion) about virtually everything from restaurants and wineries, to doctors, plumbers...
- The Romance of Wine
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and it got me thinking about the part wine plays in romance. Not just as a gift, or part of a romantic dinner, but the art of wine, the way it makes you feel, and the beautiful areas of the world where wine i
- Why are wineries so friendly with each other?
I was recently talking to some guests about wine (hard to believe, right?), when two women from other wineries popped in to the tasting room to say hi. They had just finished taking their Certified Wine Educator exam and were out celebrating.&am
