Tedeschi Family Winery Review
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 […]
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Reverie Review
My wife became pregnant during the winter of 2014, and in September of the following year, little Titus was born. Somewhere between those two points in time, I discovered something that interested me greatly: One of the most outstanding Cabernet Sauvignons on the market, then and now, shared the name we intended to give to […]
Tamber Bey Vineyards Review
While Robert Redford was filming The Horse Whisperer, he would regularly make his way down the winding mountain paths to the valley floor near Calistoga, nestled neatly amidst the two mountain […]
Pellet Estate Review
Lately my wife, Sonja, has been pestering me about getting rid of my old Jeep Wrangler. It isn’t practical, she says, for a family man, what with the two doors, […]
Chateau Montelena Winery Review
You’ve heard of Chateau Montelena. I pen (type) that line with a high degree of confidence because you’re reading this review on a web page devoted to wine, and if you’re […]
Titus Vineyards Review
My wife became pregnant during the winter of 2014, and in September of the following year, little Titus was born. Somewhere between those two points in time, I discovered something […]
Behind the Wine: Jean Hoefliger and The Debate
When major candidates seem to have been reduced to attacking one another 140 characters at a time, the nation they seek control over is becoming increasingly polarized by hateful rhetoric, […]
Schramsberg Vineyards Review
The northern Napa Valley was still a thickly forested, rugged terrain, and a difficult place to navigate when Jacob Schram set forth to establish the second winery in the area, one year […]
Far Niente Winery Review
The “noble experiment” that was Prohibition, the result of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, lasted from 1919 to 1933 and did irreparable damage […]
Behind the Wine: “The Count of Buena Vista”, Agoston Haraszthy
One afternoon, about a week before Sonja’s and my wedding, I received a phone call from a 707 number. It was our limo driver, wanting to interview me about where […]
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