Current Releases from Anarchist Wine
Offbeat mashups and wise cellar choices make for appealing wines. With a name like Anarchist Wine Co., there’s a lot to unpack. Is the anarchy just about varietal …
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Lombardi Wines 2018 Chardonnay and Pinot Noirs
Four new releases spur reflections about the relationship between appellation and site. Wine blogger Jo Diaz recently asked me what I enjoyed most about covering California wines. Three pleasures …
Piña Napa Valley
Longtime local clan specializes in tannic hillside Cabernets. The family behind Piña Napa Valley goes back a rare eight generations in these parts – Bluford Stice, the first …
Paris on the Terrace at Jordan Winery
Four-course outdoor lunch’s menu, bistro-like setting evoke City of Light. Inspired elegance informs all the experiences at Jordan Vineyard & Winery, which produces a single Russian River Valley …
Joseph Phelps Vineyards
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 …
Bucher Pinot Trio a Total Delight
In the late 1990s, when the economics of dairy farming in Northern California became problematic, John Bucher diversified by planting wine grapes on the 360-acre Healdsburg property his …
Corison Winery
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 …
Aperture Cellars Winemaker Knows a Lot About the Little Things
Precise farming and cellar techniques yield fantastic wines at Jesse Katz’s boutique Sonoma winery. Sneaking a glass of Chenin Blanc before a recent virtual tasting of Aperture Cellars wines, …
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Quixote Winery
Renowned consultant oversees Cabernet and Petite Sirah at Stags Leap winery with seriously playful architecture. Ringed by olive trees and nestled near the rim of a bowl-shaped valley beneath …
Halfway to Heaven atop Spring Mountain: Schweiger Vineyards
A few blocks off St. Helena’s Main Street, tree-lined Spring Mountain Road begins its 2,000-foot ascent from the Napa Valley floor. Wildflower sprays brighten the two-lane road in …
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