November 1, 2024When we were new to wine in the 1970s, before America really warmed to it, there was a lot of…- October 18, 2024We understand that baseball and wine is, unfortunately, an odd pairing. We wrote last year that the NBA and many…
- October 4, 2024We remember when New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc was new and exciting. It was vibrant and pure. Drinking it was like…
- September 19, 2024A few days after our dinner at Melba’s, we reached out to Deneen Brown, CEO of Brown Estate, to talk…
- September 6, 2024Beaujolais is a great year-round wine. It’s excellent with a wide variety of dishes, from seafood to outdoor grilling to…
- August 23, 2024The modern California sparkling wine industry is very young. Jack and Jamie Davies were among the pioneers when they founded…
- August 9, 2024Hope Goldie, whose chemist father made wine at home in Washington, studied enology and food science at UC-Davis and worked…
- July 12, 2024“Diversity, equity and inclusivity. I hate those words together. That’s a program, that’s a seminar for 30 minutes you get…
- June 28, 2024We had a wine the other night that we rated Yech. This is special. When we began taking notes on…
- June 14, 2024At wineries, parents and their offspring who have joined them in the business can have fraught relationships. And sometimes their…
