2003 Adagio “Premium” Malbec, Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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Anyone who hasn’t yet discovered Paso Robles wines is missing some of the most interesting and dynamic wines that California
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2007 Morgan “Metallico” Chardonnay, Monterey
It’s not a huge leap from veterinary medicine to winemaking, and that leap is made even shorter when you’re enrolled
Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival: May 15-17, Philo, CA
California Pinot Noir lovers take note. Wine lovers with a free weekend, listen up. It’s Spring, and the wine events
2005 François Blanchard “Violoncelite” Cabernet Franc, Touraine, France
Perhaps some of the most interesting wines in the world are made by cranks, crackpots, and wackos — iconoclasts that
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In many ways, sake production and winemaking couldn’t be more different — from the chemistry to the differences in how
RAP Pink Out! Rose Tasting: May 12, San Francisco
It’s almost impossible to write about pink wines these days without invoking some sort of cliche. Even the (true) claim
Book Review: Notes on a Cellar-Book by George Saintsbury
Review by Tim Patterson. If you love to drink wine, and love a good read, you have to get ahold
Winemaking as Therapy: Japan’s Autistic Winery
When I first started drinking wine, I had all sorts of romantic notions about what winemaking involved. I though of
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Tartar Control Chardonnay: Wine Fights Cavities?
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Tasting the Wines of Mendocino
The wine regions of California are in various states of evolution when it comes to marketing themselves as a region.
Hospice du Rhone Tasting: April 30 – May 2, Paso Robles, CA
Most wine tasting events focused on a specific style or type of wine that take place in California suffer from
Vinography Images: Vineyard Behind the Oaks
Vineyard Behind the Oaks The rain that we’ve been having this week aside, the vineyards of Northern California wine country
The World’s Best Kosher Wine?: Tasting The Covenant
. I’m not counting the Maneschewitz he had growing up as an occasionally-observant Jewish kid. But as it happens in
Book Review: Wine Politics by Tyler Coleman
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