Paso Robles CAB Collective
Star wineries founded this local Bordeaux booster. In 2012, a group of wineries that included the owners of DAOU Vineyards & Winery and J. Lohr Vineyards founded the Paso Robles […]
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Paris on the Terrace at Jordan Winery
Four-course outdoor lunch’s menu, bistro-like setting evoke City of Light. Editor’s note: The experience described below was offered in 2020 and 2021. Check the Jordan website for current
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Brick & Mortar Winemaker Heads to the Hills for Pinot Noir
Matt Iaconis achieves reined-in elegance with Atlas Peak grapes. Looking for something different in a Northern California Pinot Noir? Consider the 2018 Brick & Mortar Cougar Rock Vineyard
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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
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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
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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
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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
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3 Historic Napa Valley Wineries Day Trip
Larkmead, Stony Hill, and Louis M. Martini celebrate the past with an eye to the future. An excursion to three historic wineries – Larkmead, Stony Hill, and Louis
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Current Releases from Rootdown Wine Cellars
Mike Lucia’s food-friendly wines upend conventional notions. “Good thing I have a nondogmatic palate,” I wrote in my notebook’s margin during the first of two tastings (a week
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