California Petite Sirah I Really Do Love You
In the right hands this native French varietal makes lush, evocative wines. Petite Sirah pearls of wisdom flowed like the deep-purple wine itself during the summer 2019 P.S. …
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Tablas Creek Vineyard
Rhône varietals are this Paso pioneer’s specialty. The visionary founders of Paso Robles’ 120-acre Tablas Creek Vineyard focused their attention on varietals native to southern France, particularly the …
Winery First Date Inspires Couple’s Foray into Winemaking
Can a California gal turned European supermodel find post-career bliss farming mountain grapes with her businessman husband? I posed this question in a just-published piece about Dos Lagos …
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Paso Robles CAB Collective
Star wineries founded this local Bordeaux booster. In 2012, a group of wineries led by the owners of DAOU Vineyards & Winery, J. Lohr Vineyards, and JUSTIN Vineyards …
Hesperian Wines
Striving for Perfection on Atlas Peak Halfway up Atlas Peak, surrounded by scrub oaks, chaparral, and manzanitas, Philippe Langner of Hesperian Wines meticulously farms, mostly by hand, his …
Coffee Table Love Note to Paso Robles
Any place that could arouse the level of visual and literary passion in “The Winemakers of Paso Robles” has most certainly arrived. Signs abound that Paso Robles has …
Boutique Winery’s Sonoma Mountain Pinots Shine
La Pitchoune makes two wines each year from van der Kamp Vineyard. Whenever I see a Pinot Noir from Sonoma Mountain’s van der Kamp Vineyard, I’m always curious …
Joseph Jewell Wines
“Killer Pinots from high-quality fruit” is the goal at Russian River winery specializing in single-vineyard wines. The aha moment that sparked Joseph Jewell Wines vintner Adrian Jewell Manspeaker’s infatuation with …
2 Fun Days Tasting Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
Fantastic wines, au courant cuisine, sticker-price delight in Mendocino County. Northern California wine lovers nostalgic for the days before glitz and high prices overtook Napa and Sonoma often …
Charles Krug Winery
Founded in 1861, Napa’s oldest operating winery has a fascinating history. The family of the late Peter Mondavi Sr. operates Charles Krug Winery, which bills itself as the Napa …