The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part IV: “But, wait… WTF… help!”
I’m a self-confessed luddite with something of an agenda when it comes to technology. The short version of it might be that if it weren’t for Vivino, I’d get rid […]
I’m a self-confessed luddite with something of an agenda when it comes to technology. The short version of it might be that if it weren’t for Vivino, I’d get rid […]
The tectonic plates that slammed together to form Mount George and the other noteworthy peaks at the southern end of the Napa Valley had long since settled by the time […]
So many of the historic wineries of the Napa Valley exist in stone and splendor, chateaus in name or in appearance, carved into massive hillsides, previously the toys of […]
The Ledson Winery in Sonoma is about people. I didn’t yet realize that the first time my wife, Sonja, and I visited the grand estate on our honeymoon many years […]
A heavy fog lay draped across an historic block of vineyard, dividing the world into two at eye level and serving as a curtain to partially shield the world – […]
When I think of Rombauer wines, I think first of overstatement. Their famous Zinfandel typically sits just under a hot 16%, while their notorious Chardonnay, unaffectionately known as “cougar juice” […]
There are seven towns in the world named “Ladoga,” two in Russia and five in the United States. The two in Russia are located in Leningrad Oblast, and the five […]
This past spring, I attended an event that boasted around 40 small producers all from the Napa Valley. Included in the cost of admission was an inexpensive crystal glass and […]
The sun was coming down rather intensely on a late afternoon in Napa, occasionally ducking behind a cloud for a moment, only to reemerge shortly thereafter with renewed tenacity. I […]
Down a little dirt road in the small, up-valley town of Calistoga in the Napa Valley, there sits yet another vineyard, tiny by the standards of the area as a […]