Tag: Napa
50th Annual Napa Wine Library Tasting: August 19, Napa
Dedicated wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.
Vinography Images: Howell Mountain Fog
Howell Mountain Fog NAPA VALLEY, CA: A pine forest high on the slopes of Howell Mountain in the Napa Valley
The Screaming Secondary Wine Market
. Not only are the number of bottles that the domaine has to sell minuscule, but permission to be on
Tasting the Superstar Wines of Napa’s Oakville AVA
Napa Valley is famous, or infamous depending on your point of view, for some of the world’s best and priciest
2008 Outpost Grenache, Howell Mountain, Napa
To the casual visitor or inexperienced wine lover, Napa may just be a name on a bottle, or a vision
Napa Wine Library Tasting: August 15, Napa
Serious wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.
Vinography Images: Between the Rows
Between The Rows I haven’t been to Napa in Months, but I’m headed up there in a few weeks and
So You Wanna Be a Wine Writer?
The wine world is made of dreams. Some people dream about drinking wine. Some people dream about making wine. And
Napa Wine Library Tasting: August 16, Napa
Serious wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.
Vinography Images: The Sunlit Knoll
The Sunlit Knoll We tend to think of Napa and Sonoma as two distinct and separate wine regions, yet there
Lang & Reed Wine Company, Napa: Current Releases
All of us wine lovers inevitably discover, in the course of our explorations, our own secret wineries. These are the
2005 Lieff “Auberge Road Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa
There are people who start wineries and work for a long time to get to the point that their names
Fontanella Family Wines, Napa: Inaugural Releases
When it comes to family-run wineries, I always enjoy seeing how the many different roles and responsibilities involved in a
The Chinese Roots of California Wine
Every time I visit Meadowood in Napa Valley, I find myself spending time in front of a reproduction of an
2005 Peacock Family Cabernet Sauvignon, Spring Mountain District, Napa
I have a hard spot in my heart for peacocks. Spending summers with my father in Sonoma County as a
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
In Search of the Cynical Winemaker
I had a conversation the other night with a fellow wine writer that unsettled me. We were tasting a number
The Best Cabernet In Napa: Tasting Premiere Napa Valley 2009
One of my favorite events each year involves the opportunity to sample some of the best wines that Napa produces
