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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Judicious use of Pennsylvania and Missouri wood yields four distinctive C. Elizabeth Wines vintages. Mentioning American oak to some oenophiles prompts a mad dash to the (forested French)
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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
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Vineyard’s woodsy setting announces itself on first sniff. A story elsewhere on this site details current planet-positive initiatives at Medlock Ames Winery including regenerative farming. During a late-2021
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Bidding has begun at Sonoma County Vintners Foundation’s online auction. Some of my favorite wineries and other Sonoma County enterprises are participating in the 2023 SCWA Online Auction.
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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
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Wine and dine in the jewel of the Napa Valley. You’ll get a personalized experience at each of the tasting rooms in this easy-to-follow St. Helena wine tasting
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Five under-the-radar winery stops I love. I still have a soft spot for “Little Pieces of Paradise,” a story I wrote for Marin Magazine, and not only because
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Fun stats, from acreage to Zinfandel. Acreage The Paso Robles American Viticultural Area (AVA) was established in 1983 with 17 wineries and 5,000 acres of grapevines. Today nearly
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Napa Valley winery soon to open a Rutherford tasting room produces classy, sophisticated wines. In 2023, Mathew Bruno Wines will open a tasting room in the Napa Valley
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