Now And Zin Wine

Zinfandel is considered by some to be the official heritage grape of California, and that is fine with me. There are some Zins I look forwar...

This site recently published an article about the 2021 Old Vine Zinfandel from Bogle Family Vineyards. Here we have the previous year's ...

Organic is such a big thing these days in wine that it even turns up in bargain brands. Paso Zinfandel, from Vine To Table Vineyards of Sant...

The Bogle family has been farming in the California delta for six generations, 50 years now in the effort of growing wine grapes. Like a lot...

It has been about a decade since I took a fascinating tour of Ancient Peaks Winery and their estate vineyards near Paso Robles.  Santa Marg...

Bella Winery is a small, family-run outfit in Sonoma County which places their focus on Zinfandel wines, made in small lots. Today, we sampl...

The Prisoner Wine Company has a couple of California red blends of which you should be aware.  They have a Zinfandel blend and another red b...

California wine négociant Cameron Hughes owns no vineyards and has no official winery.  He sniffs out good wine which has already been prod...

It has been almost a decade since I took a fascinating tour of Ancient Peaks Winery and their estate vineyards near Paso Robles.  Santa Mar...

California wine négociant Cameron Hughes owns no vineyards and has no official winery.  He sniffs out good wine which has already been prod...

Paydirt winery's Going For Broke red blend embraces the notion that "risking it all brings about the greatest reward."  This ...

California wine négociant Cameron Hughes owns no vineyards and has no official winery.  He sniffs out good wine which has already been pr...

Murphys, California is home to one of the nation's biggest wineries.  Ironstone Vineyards is located east of Lodi in Calaveras County...

Bella Grace Vineyards is located in the Sierra Foothills region of Amador County.  Run by Michael and Charlie Havill , their vineyard si...

There's nothing like a good Zinfandel, except maybe a great Zinfandel.  There were plenty of the latter on display at Elevating Zinfan...

Artezin winemaker Randle Johnson is billed by the Hess Family as a "champion of heirloom varietals," which makes him a likely g...

The back label of the Saucelito Canyon Estate Zinfandel says grapes were first planted at Rancho Saucelito in 1880, on the ocean side of ...

Lodi's reputation as a worthy California wine region is getting better and better.  Harney Lane Winery and Vineyards has a decade of ...

Field blend wines are those for which various different grape varieties are grown and harvested together, then cofermented.  19th century ...

Wines made in Dry Creek Valley have the flavor of the old West, the frontier, the pioneers.  While briar is a common tasting note for Dry ...