ABV 110
Feather Falls Casino and Brewery.
The next Tour and Tasting will be at Feather Falls Brewery in Oroville. The T&T is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, at 3 pm. Please contact Don Alger if you plan to attend.
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Wine Tasting at LaRocca Vineyards Tasting Room November 1, 2024.
Some of the tasters enjoying the snacks & awaiting the tasting.
The tasting has begun.
Don asking Chuck if he has seen Harvey the wandering wine taster.
Tasters attentively listening to our hostess explaining the history of LaRocca Vineyards.
Wine Tasting at Barbara & Don Alger's House September 26, 2024.
Some of the tasters congregated in the dining room.
Some of the tasters were bellying up to the bar while our host Don, Schmoozes with a taster.
Our host Barbara, holds down the kitchen while Don Levensaler
serves himself some fruit.
The fine snack table with plenty for everyone.
Harvey the wandering wine taster jumping for joy & looking for the watch cat.
Wine tasting at the New Clairvaux Winery Thursday June 27th.
The Chapter House at the New Clairvaux Winery.
A happy taster being served.
The sippers lineup: L. to R. Rocky, Bea, Jim & Joe.
The sippers lineup with Don on the right.
Carol on the left with guests Jo & David Smith.
Happy tasters purchasing some good wine: L. to R.
Maggie, Joe & Mary Ann.
Some happy tasters relaxing & enjoying a good meal at The Lassen Steak House.
The New Clairvaux guard dog chasing the Grey Fox watch cat.
Dessert wine tasting at Carol & Jim Braziel's house Thursday May 30, 2024.
The samplers are getting comfortable while enjoying
the snacks and awaiting the sipping.
Jim Braziel, our host, explaining the various beverages to be sampled.
The self-serve sampling has started.
There was a wide variety of aperitifs, dessert wines and after-dinner drinks to be sampled.
Wine/Beer/Cider/Pizza tasting at The Commons Social Empourium April 25, 2024.
The April tasting was at the Commons Social Empourium.
Social: an informal gathering often organized by a group sharing a
common ground.
Empourium: an establishment that specializes in selling a wide variety
of beers and wine. (often used for humorously formal effect).
The commons are the cultural and natural resources accessible to all
members of a society.
This includes natural materials such as air,
water and the habitable earth.
These resources are held in common, we share them and they are not
to be owned privately.
The Commons is a taproom where the patron pours their own beverage.
It is a social gathering space with over 20 beers on tap and a small
selection of wine.
At The Commons you are in control of your own pour.
Whether it's a
taster, a half glass or a full pint it's easy to find your favorite
beer.
Each tap has a screen describing what you'll be tasting.
Don our host socializing with the happy tasters.
Happy tasters enjoying the wine, beer or cider.
More happy tasters. A good time was had by all.
A merry prankster searching for the Pizza.
More of the happy tasters group.
ABV110 tasters enjoying the ambience.
Wine tasting at Carol & Jim Braziel's house Thursday March 28, 2024.
The eager wine samplers awaiting the first pour.
Happy samplers enjoying the wine and snacks.
More happy samplers enjoying the wine and weather.
Don, our co-host, expounding on box wines. Where's Waldo?
The mystery wines revealed.
A merry prankster searching for Waldo.
Cider tasting at Lassen Cidery Thursday January 25, 2024.
Lassen Traditional Cider was founded by Ben Nielsen. Ben's love of
fermentation began when he started brewing beer in college. After
brewing extensively for his adult life, around 2005 he began delving
into cider in an effort to use the free fruit from a neighbor's
backyard apples trees in Corvallis, OR. After a couple years, this
morphed into an annual cider pressing party where all his friends
would bring apples to press or just help out. So of course, the
neighbor's apples weren't enough after a while. Unused trees in
yards all over town, unseen apple trees in the ditch on the side
of a country road, and long forgotten pioneer orchards were all
sought out and utilized. A major revelation occurred when a batch
of cider was produced from crab apples, and it ended up being the
best he'd ever made. So, some apples that were so astringent as to
be seemingly inedible actually made delicious cider. After this, an
effort was undertaken to seek out varieties of apples that were good
for cider instead of scavenging whatever was available. Finding Nick
Botner's orchard in Yoncalla, OR, with over 4,000 apple varieties,
was a godsend, allowing Ben to experiment with single varietal ciders
made from unusual apples, from European bittersharps and bittersweets
to an array of American heirlooms. Around 2012, when the cider craze
was beginning to kick into high gear and Ben's satisfaction with his
engineering job was waning in the opposite direction, he began to give
more thought to starting his own cidery. A timely layoff in 2014 pushed
him further in that direction. After spending a winter skiing and soul
searching, the decision was solidified and the plan was put in place
in mid 2015. Most of a year was spent finding a location and
undertaking the permit process. Although he's still learning how to
be an entrepreneur, he has a lot of pride in his cider, with a firm
desire to make high quality, traditional-style cider. Now here we
are ready for you to enjoy the fruits of our labor.
Our host, Ben Nielsen introducing the next sample
with the tasters enjoying the cider.
Ben Nielsen expounding on the source of the apples and the various flavors from different varieties.
Ben explaining the washing process and preparation of the apples.
Ben explaining the pressing process of the apples.
The many barrels of cider waiting their turn to be bottled
while tasters listen attentively to our host.
Ben explaining the fermentation process. Note: The merry prankster didn't show up for the cider tasting.
Beer tasting at Sierra Nevada Brewery Thursday October 26, 2023.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was founded in 1979, with founders Ken
Grossman and Paul Camusi expanding their homebrewing hobby into a
brewery in Chico, California. Along with the brewery's location,
Grossman claims the company's name comes from his love of hiking
in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada. With $50,000 in loans from
friends and family, Grossman and Camusi rented a 3,000 sq. ft.
warehouse and pieced together discarded dairy equipment and
scrapyard metal to create their brewing equipment. They later
were able to acquire second-hand copper brewing kettles from
Germany before moving to their larger, current brewing facility
in 1989.
Our tour guide Anna explaining the growing and use
of the different hops.
A bale of hops in the hop storage room.
Tasters examining one of the brew tanks.
Anna explaining the use of the mash tank.
Tasters examining a copper brewing tank.
Anna explaining some of the brewing process.
Wine Tasting at the Braziel's Domicile, Thursday September 28, 2023.
Our host, Jim Braziel explaining the current wine sample.
Wine tasters comfortably waiting for the next sample.
Wine tasters enjoying the snacks & wine.
The snack layout with plenty for everyone.
Our host with Dave Jones our assistant pourer dishing out the samples.
A merry prankster rushing to get another wine sample.
Beer Tasting at the Secret Trail Brewery in Chico, Thursday June 29, 2023.
Secret Trail is the dream of Charlie and Michelle Barrett.
Charlie had been an avid home-brewer since the early 1990s, with
the intention of opening his own brewery one day. With the love,
help, and support of his amazing wife, a few investors, and plenty
of hard work, Charlie finally achieved this dream when Secret
Trail Brewing Company opened to a thirsty public in November
of 2017. The beers and good times have been flowing ever since!
Charlie Barrett, our tour guide & owner explaining the brewing process.
The grinding machine for grinding the hops.
Part of the brewing kettles & machinery.
The thirsty tasters heading to the bar.
More tasters lining up for a brew.
Wine Tasting at the Grey Fox Vineyards in Oroville, Saturday May 27, 2023.
Grey Fox Vinyards Sign.
The watch cat at the winery.
Various Animal figures in front of the tasting room.
Part of the outdoor seating with a view.
Happy tasters from L to R: Chuck, Carol, Janine & Don.
Tasters from L to R: Mary Ann, Carol, Janine & Dave.
Tasters enjoying the wine. From L to R: Don, Barbara, Mary Ann & Chuck.
Our host & an owner, Jeanne Cecchi, explaining her background & why they built a winery.
Our host elaborating on their various wines.
A merry prankster chasing the watch cat.
Distilled Spirits Tasting & Tour at The Golden Beaver Distillery May 4, 2023.
The owner and our host, Kris Koenig explaining the history of The Golden Beaver Distillery.
Empty barrels in storage. Barrels are used to age the whiskey. Some barrels give whiskey color & others give the whiskey taste.
Water tanks for holding recycled water for cooling.
The 2 distillers. The large 1 in the middle is called "Maude". The small 1 on the left is called "Harold".
A distillation column. Vapor is collected at the top and condensed to form spirits.
Beer Tasting at Mulberry Station Brewing Co. March 9, 2023.
Our Host & Brewmaster Roland Allen, telling the tasters about the history of Mulberry Station & giving them information about the beers.
Some of the tanks in the brewing room used for brewing beer.
Our host in the brewing room informing the tasters about the complexities of the brewing process.
The tasters enjoying the brews & food.
Alger Vineyards Wine Tasting at Carol & Jim Braziel's House September 29, 2022
Our hosts, John & Linda Alger served the wine to the tasters.
Wine tasters enjoying the snacks.
Our hosts conversing with the wine tasters.
Wine tasters enjoying the shade by the pool.
Wine Tasting at Barbara & Don Alger's House June 30, 2022
Our host serving the wine to the tasters.
Wine tasters relaxing in the Alger's living room.
Our host talking about the wines.
Happy wine tasters conversing with our host.
Wine Tasting at Carol & Jim Braziel's House May 26, 2022
Wine tasters relaxing & waiting for the wine.
The wine tasters heading inside with the snacks after wine tasting on the patio.
Wine tasters being served.
Our host serving the wine with help.
Our host explaining the wine tasting contest.
Rocky, showing off the homemade wine stopper that he won in the wine tasting contest.
Wine Tasting at the Bangor Ranch Winery
on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
The entrance to the wine tasting room. The temperature was a bit cool.
Vino 110 wine tasters enjoying the wine.
The tasty snacks were provided by Carol Braziel.
Our hosts at the Bangor Ranch Winery. Notice the historic 1850's bar from an old Marysville saloon.
Wine Tasting at the Almendra Winery
on Thursday, March 17, 2022.
Wine tasters L to R: Rocky, Bea, Jim, Carol & Don.
Vino 110 wine tasters with room for more.
Wine Tasting at the New Clairvaux Winery
on Thursday, January 27, 2022.
Wine tasters enjoying the wine in the wine tasting room.
More happy Vino 110 wine tasters.
Award winning wines from the New Clairvaux and Aimee Wineries.
Some of the history of the New Clairvaux Abbey.
The Chapter House reconstructed from the 800 year old Chapter house of the Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de Ovila.
The reconstruction was finished in December 2017. 65% of the stones were originals and 35% were imported from Texas.
Harvest Festival Wine Tasting at the Roney Winery
on November 9, 2021.
John Roney, our host on the right with Keith, our Wine Tasting Team Captain behind a relative of John's.
Happy wine tasters enjoying the great red wines.
Wine sippers at the back of the wine tasting room.
Our Vino 110 group in front of the Roney Winery cave with John Roney in the back.
John Roney Using a "wine thief" to give our tasters
a sample right from the keg.
The mysterious door at the back of the Roney Wine Cave.
Wine Tasting at the Almendra Winery & Distillery on September 15, 2021.
Wine sippers with Connor the vintner/distiller explaining the wine. A copper still is in the background.
More wine sippers & another view of the copper still.
Wine sippers with Keith checking out the wine label.
The wine tasting bar in the wine storage area.
Wine Tasting Wine at Purple Line Winery on August 11, 2021.
Wine tasters enjoying the great wines & charcuterie.
Tasters sampling the wines.
George Barber the entertaining & informative wine maker pouring a wine sample.
More happy wine tasters.
George using a "thief" to get a sample of a 2018 Barbera.
Kegs of wine aging to perfection.
Part of the patio at the winery.
The outdoor bar at the winery.
Wine Tasting at Wine Time on July 13, 2021.
Our hostess Jasmine James setting up the next wine.
The fish fountain guarding the front of Wine Time.
Keith, Karen & family sampling the Timshel Rose 2020 from Paso Robles.
Mike, Jan, Dave & Janine discussing the Timshel Rose.
Charlie, Mary Ann, Joe & Maggie sampling the good wines.
Bea, Rocky, Bobbie & Gary tasting the fine Rose.
Wine Tasting at Wine Time on January 15, 2020.
The gargoyle guarding the door of Wine Time.
Don hamming it up with our hostess Jasmine James.
Wine tasters Keith, Karen, Kay & Jim enjoying the wine & snacks.
Our hostess explaining the various wines to Joe, Maggie & Delores.
Wine Tasting at the Roney Winery on November 13, 2019.
The wine tasters having a fun time in front of the Roney Wine Cave.
Summer's End Wine Tasting on September 19, 2019.
A happy group of wine tasters at the Almendra Winery.
Spring wine tasting at Casa de Renlund on May 10, 2019.
With our hosts Jim & Kay Renlund in the center, the group is having fun at the Casa de Renlund wine tasting.
Wine tasters having a good time in the shade by the pool at the Casa de Renlund wine tasting.
With each bottle covered & numbered, tasters gather around trying to guess what wine they are drinking by the information given to them on the table.
The snacks on the table looked inviting. Where is Sedro-Woolley?
Christmas Wine at Purple Line December 13, 2018.
George, (the owner/wine maker/bottler/bottle washer) explaining to our tasters the winery's different wines.
Happy wine tasters with Keith taking pictures, George on the left & our wine hostess in the middle.
George explaining the building and workings of the winery.
Our wine tasters having fun with party poppers.
Some of George's friend's clever work in the patio outside the winery.
A lost soul in the patio trying to get into the winery.
Summer wine tasting at Wine Time August 16, 2018.
Wine tasters enjoying the snacks and wine.
Wine tasters with our Wine Time hostess Jasmine James on the far right pouring the wine.
Our Wine Time hostess Jasmine James on the left and her dad Bob James the owner of Wine Time on the right.
More wine tasters. Where is Sedro-Woolley? Pictures by Joe Silbernagel.
The "Perfect Blend - Vines & Pies" on May 31, 2018.
Wine tasting at Carol & Jim Braziel's house.
The view from the pool.
Enjoying the day by the bar while Keith informs us about future events.
Lounging by the pool.
Around the pool enjoying the good weather.
The wine afficionados grouped around "Old Glory".
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The happy wine tasting group at The New Clairvaux Vineyard & Abbey Church in Vina on April 17, 2018. Picture taken in a brandy shed by our tour guide Bill Smith.
Wine tasting group having a good time at the Butte County Wine Company in Oroville on February 20, 2018.
Wine tasting & tour at the Almendra Winery in Durham on November 16, 2017.
"Autumn Leaves" tasting event at the Tietz's reidence on September 22, 2017.
"Simmering July" tasting event at the LaRocca Vineyard in Forest Ranch on July 17, 2017.
"May Flowers" tasting event at the Renaissance Winery in Oregon House on May 13, 2017.
"A Gathering in Durham" on March 23, 2017 at the Almendra Winery.
Wine tasting event at the Abbey of Our Lady of New Clairvaux in Vina on February 26, 2017.
Inaugural wine tasting event "Vino 110 Kick Off" at the Morgan's residence in November 2016.
Inaugural wine tasting event in November 2016.