November 3, 2022 

It's National Sandwich Day! 

As many of your know, I was named a couple of years before I was born ... my Ali was hungry late one night driving home from a work event. She…

Loads of Smith Story Happenings this November! 

November 1 The new Smith Story Sparkling goes live for purchase on this website. A much awaited release, we're thrilled to have this in time for holiday celebrations. Storyteller Wine Club Members…

Join Ali Story in Dallas on Wednesday, October 19 for a Smith Story Wine Dinner at Boulevardíer in the Bishop Arts District. A 6pm start! RSVP to Co-Owner: bradley@andersonllp.com

1ST COURSE 
Cured Hamachi with pickled watermelon rind, kumquat, sweet…

October is such a mixed bag of emotions for me. The highs of harvest, the lows of wildfire memories and the anxiety of "Breast Cancer Awareness Month". 

March 2023 will mark my 2 year Breast Cancer diagnosis. My oncologists…

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Cheers from sunny Healdsburg this afternoon. A guest visited this morning from the Midwest, a long time visitor of the area. It hit me hard that post-covid vibes around wine country aren't quite as inviting…

September 22, 2022 

Greetings on the first day of Fall from Sonoma County! 

Harvest 2022 
We’re in the home stretch! Would you believe we’re waiting on the ground to dry a bit before we harvest our final pinot…

Reposted from our September 16, 2022 email. 

Good morning from a chilly morning in Healdsburg. What a difference from this time last week battling the "heat dome". Eric is in the Anderson Valley checking on our pinot noir, we're…

JULY 11, 2022 

“Don’t get the popular circle confused with the winner’s circle”. 

I think most of us these days could use a pick me up, be proud of where you are, where you’ve come from and stay…

June 21, 2022

We are often asked for day-trip ideas, places to go, things to see and new wines to sip. 

Here’s a day we’ve been enjoying for years now. Before we started Smith Story, this was a…

"It's so hard to win’, MVP Stephen Curry.  

I grew up in a big sports family in Texas, iconic Larry Bird posters (among others) hung on my little brother’s bedroom wall. "A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given…

Fabulous to see our 2019 Smith Story, Helluva Vineyard, Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley featured in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ Wine Editor visited with us in our new tasting room a few months ago. Lovely to taste with Lettie…

LIVE ALOHA! 
Spring is in full bloom here in wine country and the summer season is right around the corner. With that comes relaxing by the water, grilling with friends, and late nights with your nose in a page turner…