Behind the Bottle
The stories, craft, and passion behind every bottle we bring to your table. For the wine explorer, one story at a time.
Behind the Bottle
As the Holidays Approach, Renard Creek Has Thoughtful Wine Gifts for Personal and Corporate Giving
The holiday season has a way of sneaking up and suddenly the calendar fills, the to‑do list grows, and thoughtful gifting becomes both more important and more challenging. At Renard Creek, we’ve built a wine‑gifting program designed to make this moment easier, whether you’re sending a personal gift to someone special or coordinating co...
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Discovering Why Small Lot Wines Matter
Last weekend I had the privilege of attending and pouring wine for, a friend and her winery at the annual Winesong event in the breathtak...
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The Modern Table -How today’s flavor forward world, is reflected in vineyard choices
The way people drink wine is changing. It’s shifting because the way people eat is shifting. Today’s palate is global, curious, and unint...
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Do You Remember White Zinfandel? Or When Everyone Only Drank Chablis?
Every era has an “it” wine. White Zinfandel ruled the 80s. Chablis had its moment. And Merlot was riding high, until a certain film made ...
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Predictions for Harvest 2026: A Season of Quiet Confidence
Harvest is almost here. Across Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake County, 2026 is shaping up to be a very good season. A year defined by balanc...
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So, what’s in a wine rating, really?
A wine rating score, the tidy number perched above a tasting note. That number is really a compressed story about how a wine showed up in...
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