Vanessa Wong, Author at Peay Vineyards

Assembling The Dream Team

Vanessa Wong — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:17:37 +0000

Assembling the Dream Team_VW article_spring 2026

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BY THE WAY, WHICH ONE’S PINK?

Vanessa Wong — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:45:20 +0000

BY THE WAY, WHICH ONE’S PINK

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To use a writing bot, or not

Vanessa Wong — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:23:22 +0000

To Bot or Not_VW Article_spring 2024

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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap…Yaaaaaaa!

Vanessa Wong — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:35:27 +0000

People often ask me about the seasonal rhythm of my work as a winemaker. In the fall and winter, I squirrel away in the cellar tasting but, in the spring—and especially the summer – I spend a lot of time out at our estate vineyard on the West Sonoma Coast. There are many things to monitor in the various vineyard ...

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Everything is Fine

Vanessa Wong — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:12:29 +0000

Reviewing the holiday cards we received this past year, I came upon a few above that captured what 2020 was all about. What a year! In March, we all took a seat on a long, never-ending roller coaster of emotions. And, here we are, back in Spring again, full of hope and promise that we will emerge from the ashes ...

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You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman

Vanessa Wong — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:40:35 +0000

I would have to say that one of my greatest, let us say, accomplishments (rather than achievements) is giving birth to two babies without pain medication or what are commonly known as “natural“ childbirths. I’m not sure why that determines that a childbirth is “natural”. No woman in the world thinks the delivery of her baby was other than “natural”. ...

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Slow food for a fast world

Vanessa Wong — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:07:10 +0000

Slow Food for a Fast World — Spring 2018 Newsletter

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From the Hadrosaur Comes the Mockingbird?

Vanessa Wong — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 04:57:52 +0000

Baryonyx, Rhamphorhynchus, Pachycephalasaurus. These are dinosaur names that have become part of my current parlance in order to have engaging conversation with my 5 year old. I don’t recall from the time I was a kid the dinosaur names being so complicated, or so long and hard to pronounce, let alone impossible to remember. All I remember were the “basic” ...

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Gain the World, Retain Your Soul

Vanessa Wong — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:34:09 +0000

I know that I am going to sound like an old person when I say that young people these days (“Youts deez days!” as I shake my fist) think they can figure out how to do anything by simply watching a YouTube video. Don’t get me wrong. I have found some pretty good tutorials on YouTube where I learned how ...

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Ceci, n’est pas un vin

Vanessa Wong — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 06:05:27 +0000

A couple of years ago, I took my son Julian to see a performance at the Luther Burbank-Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa located right here in Sonoma County. Our seats were on the balcony section so we headed toward the stairway that led up to the upper seating area. Taking the first step I glanced up toward the stairway landing whereupon I saw on the high white wall, artwork consisting of intricate figures made of wire. My gaze panned across the width of the wall where rushing, dancing clusters of human forms spanned across like chattering, gesturing tumbleweeds.

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