Tag: Napa
Vinography Images: Misty Mountain Vines
Mist hangs in the hills above vineyards approaching harvest in the St. Helena AVA of Napa Valley. After a cooler-than-usual
Vinography Images: Breathing Wine
Fermenting must hits the sieve before filling the open-top, 130-gallon tank where it will be pumped up & sprayed into the
Annual Napa Wine Library Tasting: April 30, Napa
If you had to ask me to describe my ideal walk-around wine tasting experience, I would say it would take
Napa’s Best Cabernet: Tasting the Superb 2021 Vintage at Premiere Napa Valley
Some people run marathons. Me? I taste 150 or so Cabernets before lunch. That’s the way I like to describe
Calistoga Food & Wine Festival: November 19, Calistoga
For all the fame and popularity of Napa wines, the chances to taste a lot of them at one sitting
As Phelps Enters a New Era, A Look Back at Insignia
The wine world (OK, California) is abuzz over the acquisition of Joseph Phelps Vineyards by luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. While
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 6/26/22
Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 6/19/22
Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
2022 Napa Wine Library Tasting: April 24, Napa
Spring is in the air, folks, and a lot less virus. And it’s not just the flowers that are blossoming,
Napa – Small Scale, Big Change
For more than 80 years, the journey up Highway 29 into Napa Valley has begun with the same view. To
Vinography Images: Ready for The New
New organic plantings take hold in the Terraces Vineyard at Mayacamas, pruned and ready for the year’s new growth. The
Vinography Images: Lens to the Sky
Sunrise colors creep down the Mayacamas Range towards the floor of Napa Valley as seen from Pritchard Hill, with the
Vinography Images: Press Art
Stains mark the metal of a wine press atop Napa’s Howell Mountain. With harvest completed, most wineries have moved on
The Judgment of Napa: Tasting Napa Blind Against the World’s Greatest Wines
On May 24th, 1976, a couple of ex-pats living in Paris rented the courtyard of the Intercontinental hotel for a
Vinography Images: Optically Perfect
Perfect fruit emerges from an optical sorter during harvest in Napa Valley. Using computer vision and jets of compressed air,
Vinography Images: Skilled Hands
A worker harvests Cabernet Sauvignon on Pritchard Hill, above Napa Valley. Women play an increasingly important role in the highly-skilled
Putting Time in a Bottle
One of the more remarkable and romantic aspects of wine will always be its unbreakable connection with time. Most winemakers
Vinography Images: Jesus’ Cabernet
Jesus inspects the sunrise Cabernet pick for QTR Wines at their vineyard high above Lake Hennessy near St. Helena, California.
The Soul of Refinement: Recent & Upcoming Releases from Corison Winery, Napa
There most definitely was a time, not so long ago, when you couldn’t begin an article about one of Napa’s
