Blue Farm Wines
Anne Moller-Racke’s Pinot Noirs represent the diversity of Sonoma County’s winegrowing regions. A small winery with an impressive pedigree, Blue Farm Wines produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from […]
Anne Moller-Racke’s Pinot Noirs represent the diversity of Sonoma County’s winegrowing regions. A small winery with an impressive pedigree, Blue Farm Wines produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from […]
Exacting vineyard practices and informed cellar decisions enhance Sonoma County boutique operation’s wines. One perk of covering the Wine Country is the opportunity to accompany winemakers into the
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Stags Leap District winery with seriously playful architecture specializes in refined Cabernet and Petite Sirah. Ringed by olive trees and nestled near the rim of a bowl-shaped valley
Veteran winemaker’s Old World–style Cabernets know precisely what they want to be. Cathy Corison, among the modern Napa Valley’s first women owner-winemakers, makes 100% Cabernets that age with
Guests at Terrace Tastings enjoy Insignia Bordeaux-style blend in bucolic splendor. Few wineries transport guests to the state of serenity and unrestrained beauty that Joseph Phelps Vineyards does
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Longtime Napa Valley clan specializes in tannic hillside Cabernet Sauvignon. The family behind Piña Napa Valley goes back a rare eight generations in these parts – Bluford Stice,
Robust central green provides shade, history, and sage advice. Coast redwoods, London plane trees, several types of oaks, and more than two dozen other tree species shade the
Napa Valley duo created an urban winery, then added beer. Winemaker Elaine St. Clair and business partner Laina Brown started their operation as an “urban winery.” True enough: St. Clair
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Upbeat staffers keep things jolly at one of Calistoga’s best wine tasting rooms. This upvalley outpost known for Cabernet Sauvignon touts its tasting room as the Napa Valley’s
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Experience Marin’s pastoral soul on the coast and inland on a dozen-plus strolls. Generations of residents have lobbied, volunteered, and donated land to preserve Marin County’s open space.
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