Three Sticks Wines
Sonoma winery hosts tastings at spiffed-up historic adobe. Grape grower and vintner Bill Price owns two of Sonoma County’s most famous Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vineyards, Durell and Gap’s […]
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LXV Wine Lounge
Flavor pairings elevate wine tastings at downtown Paso Robles salon. The Kama Sutra, the Sanskrit treatise on life, love, and pleasure, inspired the richly hued East India–chic decor
Turley Wine Cellars
Celebrated Paso Robles winery specializes in old-vine Zinfandel. A mandatory stop for Zinfandel lovers, Turley Wine Cellars built its reputation on velvety smooth, exquisitely crafted single-vineyard wines from old-vine
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Larkmead Vineyards
Aesthetics, history, and renowned Cabernets draw collectors to southern Calistoga winery. Larkmead Vineyards, whose tastings are geared toward collectors of its renowned Cabernets, lists its founding date as
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Stony Hill Vineyard
Sommelier-beloved Chardonnay with a valley-view chaser. Oaks, Douglas firs, and other trees line the narrow road north of downtown St. Helena that winds west from Highway 29 through
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Martinelli Winery
Longtime Sonoma County grape growers make fruit-forward wines with palpable restraint. The first Martinellis began growing grapes in Sonoma County in the 19th century, and some of the
HALL St. Helena
Napa Valley winery’s guests enjoy museum-quality art while sipping high-scoring Cabernets. With its landscaped grounds, museum-quality art, and glass-walled tasting room, HALL St. Helena captivates with equal parts glamour
Silver Oak
Iconic winery’s Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ages slowly in American oak. Celebrated Silver Oak releases only two wines a year, both Cabernet-heavy Bordeaux blends. The grapes for the
Two Reds Vie for the Heart at Wine-Food Pairing
Pinot and Zinfandel dazzle among boutique winery’s food-friendly offerings. Two reds vied for my heart at a 2019 pairing of Bannister wines and food by chef Shane McAnelly.
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Hurray for Oregon Chardonnay
Five wines speak eloquently in virtual tasting/seminar “Oregon Chardonnay: Shifting Perceptions of the Variety in the Willamette Valley.” Five months of researching the next edition of Fodor’s Napa
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