About Doug Wilder

Doug Wilder - Founder, Wine Reviewer

doug@wildernapavalley.com

As a native of Northern California who regularly took trips to the vineyards of Napa and Sonoma during the 1960’s with my parents for Sunday drives, visiting the wineries introduced me to the sights and smells that helped fuel my passion for wines to this day. I always had an inquisitive nose for aromas and many years later realized that all of the training I had subjected it to prepared me pretty well for a career in wine. After starting in the business in 1990 I began writing about what I found in wine for the benefit of my clients. Over the last ten years I worked with two of the most influential domestic wine companies in the country based in the middle of Napa Valley where I continued to evolve the discipline of tasting, writing and reviewing.

The purely domestic wine blog is a unique source of consumer information as it is the only independently written blog dedicated to reviewing domestic wines produced in California, Oregon and Washington. The focus on emerging, cutting-edge producers who likely have not hit the mainstream press yet, brought to you from the local perspective. Thank you for taking the time to read it regularly.

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Lulu Roberts - Executive Coordinator, Writer/SF

lulu@wildernapavalley.com

Lulu joined the purely domestic wine blog in Spring 2009 shortly after arriving from London. Her enthusiasm for all things food and wine oriented and the fact that she lives in San Francisco led me to appoint her in November 2009 as my official eyes, ears and ‘pen’ for essentially all urban activities related to this website. 

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    Sunday
    Jun282009

    We are here at Pinot Days! get on down to Pinot Town!!

    I want to welcome everyone to Pinot Days San Francisco! Lulu Roberts and I are at our table on the East side between Bjornstad and Bien Nacido.

    Stop by our table and signup for the drawing we will be doing on July 1 at 1600 hours. A lucky couple will spend the day with Wilder Napa Valley visiting with some of the top Pinot Noir producers in Russian River and will be joined by Kenneth Juhasz of Auteur for lunch at Restaurant Mirepoix.

    All of guest winemakers are here and some of them may actually twitter during the day. Lulu is roving with her camera and will try to upload more images as the day goes on.

    It is a beautiful day in the city… catch the Pride Parade on Market Street, then hurry down to Ft. Mason and taste 200 Pinot Noir.

    Reader Comments (3)

    Lovely. Sample an extra Pinot Noir for me - my public secret vice. I don't get to drink too many, tho' - I usually give them away as gifts. Almost as universal a gift as cash! (if you're over 21, of course!)

    June 28, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLT Kepner

    Linda,

    Thanks for the post. I was able to taste several delicious examples (all for you, of course) Bjornstad, Richard Berridge, Auteur and Black Kite were excellent.

    Doug

    June 29, 2009 | Registered CommenterDoug Wilder

    It seems like I am arriving too late in San Francisco! Were they all from the Napa valley or worldwide Pinot noirs? I would love to see a video of the event if you ever have a link.
    Hope to meet you soon.

    June 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterVicky Wine

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