Valley Advocate
  • News
  • Podcasts
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Submit Event
  • Arts & Music
    • Sessions
    • Basemental
    • Valley Show Girl
    • Film
      • Cinemadope
      • Stream Queen
      • Blaise’s Bad Movie Guide
  • Columns
    • O Cannabis!
    • Stagestruck
    • The V-Spot
    • The Beerhunter
  • About Us
    • Meet the Staff
    • Contact Us
    • Newsletter
    • Special Sections
    • Where to find the Advocate in print
  • Best Of 2025 Winners
  • Advertise
Select Page
Monte Belmonte Wines: You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Wine

Monte Belmonte Wines: You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Wine

by Monte Belmonte | Jan 16, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, Monte Belmonte Wines

All natural. The kind of buzz words that make my extremely savvy, health-conscious wife cringe. When you see “natural flavors” on raspberry flavored items, it might as well read “flavors expressed from a beaver anus.” It’s true. Or at least it used to be. Google it....
Monte Belmonte Wines: This January, Give Dry a Try 

Monte Belmonte Wines: This January, Give Dry a Try 

by Monte Belmonte | Jan 2, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Monte Belmonte Wines

It is possible that you have spent the last month and a half punishing your liver. Look, I get it. You only drink socially and you are a very social person who went to three holiday office parties and 17 family get-togethers between Thanksgiving and New Years. But the...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Champagne to Toast the End of the World

Monte Belmonte Wines: Champagne to Toast the End of the World

by Monte Belmonte | Dec 18, 2017 | Articles, Monte Belmonte Wines

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock is set at two and a half minutes until midnight. This is the closest to nuclear annihilation we have been since the clock was created in 1947. Time to prepare for the countdown to end all countdowns. And when our...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Navigating the Holiday Winefield

Monte Belmonte Wines: Navigating the Holiday Winefield

by Monte Belmonte | Dec 4, 2017 | Articles, Monte Belmonte Wines, Newsletter

Holiday get-togethers are like a minefield of bad wines. A winefield, if you will. You are casually exchanging theories about The Last Jedi with your nephew when a well-intentioned relative hands you a glass of “red” because they know you like “red wine.” What on...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Drink Up, Pilgrim

Monte Belmonte Wines: Drink Up, Pilgrim

by Monte Belmonte | Nov 13, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines, Newsletter

Thanksgiving: when (non-Native) Americans celebrate their favorite (made up) moments from (revisionist) history. A time when you will sit down to enjoy a feast  (with historically incorrect menu), lovingly seated around the table next to your (mouth-breathing)...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

E-Edition

Read the Advocate E-edition Read E-Edition

Best Of 2025

Readers Choice 2025
Best Of 2024

Local Advertisers


Active Campaign Newsletter

Sign up for the Valley Advocate newsletter
Valley Advocate Newsletter
Privacy Policy

The Advocate’s Daily Feed

Sponsored content

View All Posts

What’s Going On

Copyright © 2025 by H.S. Gere & Sons, Inc.
Privacy Policy – Copyright

Contact Us
Sign up for our Newsletter
  • News
  • Podcasts
  • Events
  • Arts & Music
  • Columns
  • About Us
  • Best Of 2025 Winners
  • Advertise
  • Facebook
  • X
Website by NNE digital