Spinach-Artichoke Nest Cups at Eagles Nest Winery

by Julie GrimesNovember 16, 2009

Eagles Nest Wiery & Cottage offers a wonderful venue to honor and encourage Community Service organizations.  We donate to selected local groups as our service to the community. Once again, Lynn Murdock and I were busy making  appetizers during a fund raiser event we had for the Ramona Boys and Girls Club here in San [...]

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Eagles Nest Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Ruby Port with Brie, Walnuts, Goat & Gorgonzola Cheese

by Julie GrimesNovember 16, 2009

My girlfriend Lynn Murdock and I made this wonderful appetizer during a fund raiser event we had for the Boys and Girls Club here in San Diego.  We had just finished harvesting our 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and had some fruit still hanging on the vines. Lynn went out to the vineyard and picked grapes [...]

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San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Nov. 18-22

by adminNovember 12, 2009

Sharing below San Diego Union Tribune article on one of the more significant local Wine and Food events of the year.  It’s not geared to boutique wineries so Eagles Nest Winery will not be participating but it’s an enjoyable if not overwhelming multi-day event. Tickets: $45 to $175 Phone: (619) 342-7337 Online: worldofwineevents.com Enjoy! S.D. [...]

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Eagles Nest Winery: Fall Wine Camping & RV visit to Paso Robles Wine Country

by Dennis GrimesNovember 12, 2009

We recently rounded up a bunch of wine loving associates and friends to visit the beautiful and relaxing Paso Robles  wine country of Central California. This started up as a Twitter wine “tweetup” event and was renamed a “Twamping” event (Twitter+ camping) – by-the-way we’re currently the #2 winery on Twitter – please follow us [...]

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Ramona wines win more accolades – Twitter Makes good business sense, say Eagles Nest Owners

by adminOctober 9, 2009

By Maureen Robertson Ramona Sentinel Business News October 8, 2009 Gold Medals went to only three San Diego County wines in the Temecula Wine Society Competition 2009 and they were all from Ramona Wineries. The three golds went to two Ramona Wineries: Eagles Nest Winery and Schwaesdall Winery. Dennis and Julie Grimes’ Eagles Nest Winery [...]

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Eagles Nest Winery & Cottage’s Guest Wine DVD Library

by Dennis GrimesOctober 7, 2009

In keeping with the wine theme of Eagles Nest’s Vacation Cottage we stock the DVD library with selected wine movies and educational wine videos for our GUESTS to give them the opportunity to enjoy the DVDs on the wide screen TV and foster “a wine frame of mind.” Here are some DVDs in the Eagles [...]

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Paso Robles: CRAVE a Wine Experience Friday Oct 23, 2009

by Dennis GrimesSeptember 27, 2009

The lesser traveled wine regions are our passion, just as we hope you will someday experience the Ramona Valley AVA wine  grape growing region. Paso Robles located in California’s Central coast is one of our favorite wine destinations. Napa and Sonoma are “King” and rightfully so. They benefit from their proximity to the San Francisco [...]

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Wine Notes: Moving beyond keg stands – Some more wine tasting considerations

by Dennis GrimesSeptember 23, 2009

It used to be fashionable to bash wine snobs and their impossibly convoluted descriptions of wine e.g. something like “ingratiating without being obsequious” What?!!? A wonderful trend is taking place where young folks are diving onto, or at least jumping feet first into the California, Washington, Oregon and international wine scenes seeking a social and [...]

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A Zin Lover’s thoughts on Syrah

by Dennis GrimesAugust 31, 2009

We met Grace Hoffman at the 2009 Wine Blogging Conference in Sonoma. Grace, Julie, and I were tour bus buddies as we visited some exquisite wineries and participated in some phenomenal wine tastings. It was evident she was a dyed in the wool Zinfandel fan. Unfortunately our 08 Zin is happily aging in oak barrels. [...]

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Love Zinfandel? Try Lodi California

by Dennis GrimesAugust 29, 2009

Lodi is one of our favorite lesser- known and very comfortably visited California wine regions. No $30 dollar tasting fees and getting jostled at crowded wine tasting bars here.  Great B&B’s too our favorite is Wine and Roses, and the summer Downtown Lodi street scene is entertaining. Shared below is SF Chronicle’s Karola Saekel article [...]

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Flying to DC? Drop by Northern Virginia for some wine tasting

by Dennis GrimesAugust 29, 2009

Say wine tasting in the USA and and California’s Napa and Conoma counties immediately come to mind. Range a bit further in Californis and you think of Paso Robles, Monterey, Santa Ynez Valley, Lodi, Amador,  Calavaras, Placer Counties. Get our of California and you think Washington State’s Walla Walla region, and Oregon’s Willamette Valley, New [...]

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Dessert Wines and Ports… Sweets for the sweetheart

by Dennis GrimesAugust 29, 2009

Premium red and white table (still) wines have a solid place in wine lover’s hearts. They are the daily staple of our wine-loving lives. The battery acid hole and grime on the sleeve is a good touch n’est pas??? Dessert wines and Port-styled wines have their own special place for special occasions or special times [...]

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Visiting the lesser known California wine destination gems – Amador County east of Sacramento

by Dennis GrimesAugust 26, 2009

I’ve always advocated visiting the smaller, lesser known wine destinations in California as a way of discovering unique wines and wineries. Napa and Sonoma are the big dogs and don’t need my advocacy in the least – but other areas offer a more personal, lower key experience. I’m in good company here as the WSJ’s [...]

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San Diego Wineries show well at 2009 Temecula Wine Competition

by Julie GrimesJuly 31, 2009

The Temecula Wine Society announced medalist winners of theiw 2009 competition at July 29th 2009 Awards Dinner benefiting their Oenology Scholarship program. The dinner was hosted at the beautiful Wiens Family Cellers event center. Congratulations to the following San Diego County and Ramona wineries: (Listed alphabetically by Winery, Vintage, Varietal, AVA) Gold Medals Eagles Nest [...]

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Eagles Medalist again in 2009 New York Finger Lakes International Wine Competition!!!

by Dennis GrimesJuly 31, 2009

The Finger Lakes International Wine Competition, (Click here!) the world’s largest charitable wine competition, was open to all commercial wineries from all wine-producing countries and 2553 Wines from 543 Wineries, representing 13 countries, 39 states, and 5 Canadian Provinces. National and international judges, representing distributors, educators, enologists, sommeliers, restaurateurs, winemakers, and writers, from six countries [...]

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