Tag: Napa
A Stellar Season: Tasting the 2019 Vintage Through Premiere Napa Valley
As we have all been experiencing, the pandemic changed everything. So it was no surprise when the Napa Valley Vintners
Vinography Images: The Mountain
Mount Saint Helena is seen at dusk behind darkened rows of vines on the valley floor. Prominent and steep, Mount
New Names, New Wines from Napa
As some readers know, I’ve only recently been able to dedicate more time to writing here on Vinography after a
Vaccinating Wine Country
A palpable sense of relief has descended upon northern California wine country. On Wednesday 7 April the counties of Napa,
Vinography Images: Frost Fight
Frost fans spinning at dawn in the famed To Kalon Vineyard of Napa’s Oakville AVA. Frost is on a lot
Vinography Images: Close Your Bunghole
Workers make wooden bungs by hand to fit the old wooden foudres at Mayacamas Vineyards on Mount Veeder in Napa,
Vinography Images: Strange Creatures
Frost fans stand starkly against the morning fog, like strange creatures in an otherworldly landscape, as the vineyards of the
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/21/20
Welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted. I’m pleased
Vinography Images: The Triangle
A tiny patch of vineyard shows its autumn colors through the golden shoulders of the Mount Veeder foothills in Napa.
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/13/20
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of
California’s Latino-owned Wineries Mushroom
The first people to make wine in California were almost certainly Mexicans. In the latter half of the 18th century,
Finding and Buying Napa’s Rarest Wines
You’ve undoubtedly heard of Napa’s so-called “cult” wines—expensive, limited-production wines that are only sold to mailing-list customers, some of whom
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/1/20
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of
US Wine Finally Embraces Politics
For the longest time, the American wine industry has managed to maintain an apolitical veneer, steering clear of endorsements or
Napa Licks Its Wounds and Holds Its Breath
As of this morning, the Glass Fire, which burned more than 67,000 acres in Napa and Sonoma Counties is 97%
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 10/11/20
Welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post them
Napa Wineries Ask ‘What now?’ As They Survey Glass Fire Wreckage
The following is the introduction to an article I penned for Club Oenologique, a fantastic new online magazine out of
The Progress of Consistency: A TOR Wines Retrospective
There’s lucky and then there’s damned lucky. Tor Kenward has basically had his dream job since the age of 29.
Napa and Sonoma Burn Again. Horribly.
I don’t know how coherent this particular piece is going to be, as I watch the social media evidence of
