Now And Zin Wine

It was 20 years ago this month that the movie "Sideways" was released, unleashing a world of hurt on producers of Merlot wine. Pau...

Sebastiani has been in the winemaking game for more than a century, and they haven't lasted that long by shrugging their shoulders and s...

The wine world recently lost Don Carano , who founded Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery in 1981 with his wife, Rhonda .  A Wine Spectat...

Longevity counts in wine.  A winery doesn't operate over 135 years without doing a lot of things right.   Simi Winery first made win...

A good wine for the warm summer months has to be light, can't be weighted down with oak and should provide some nice acidity to make ...

Sonoma County is a fairly long drive from Los Angeles, so we SoCal wine lovers really appreciate that so many Sonoma producers took a roa...

Meeting friends for a beer is a time honored tradition.  The beverage isn't really important, it's the company and the conversat...

Avalon Winery  makes two Cabs - and that has been it until recently.  They say they have now released a new Merlot.  There is already a ...

If you live in Los Angeles, it's just a natural thing to go old-school Hollywood every now and then.   Musso and Frank Grill  on Hol...