Now And Zin Wine

Bonny Doon, the Santa Cruz-based winery that's on a self-described "adventure to make naturally soulful, distinctive, and origin...

Pink wine screams spring and summer, but there shouldn't be such a mad rush to discard the rosés simply because the calendar page flip...

It's the 30th anniversary vintage of Bonny Doon Vineyard's flagship wine, Le Cigare Volant .  Bonny Doon, the Santa Cruz-based win...

Lubanzi Wines is named for a wandering dog who led the winemakers on a six-day journey along South Africa's Wild Coast. Founders Walk...

This is the wine that started it all for Bonny Doon Vineyards . First produced in 1984, Le Cigare Volant' s blend of California-grown ...

Bonny Doon winemaker Randall Grahm points out that the Réserve is "precisely the same wine as the '12 Le Cigare Volant (normale)...

The horror of Halloween disappeared 12 stories up at a friend's apartment in a tower at Park La Brea. Safely ensconced far away from t...

Which wine to pair with Indian food is always a hot topic. There's a lot of debate on the subject, with many people, myself included, ...

This is not a regulation Bonny Doon wine, but rather one produced for their DEWN Club, according to head man Randall Grahm . He says it “...

Morocco. On The Road To Morocco. Morocco Mole. Casablanca. Yes, Casablanca is in Morocco. Yes, Morocco is in Africa. For those not up on t...

Summer is generally considered rosé time, although I have noted - many times before - that it will serve us well any time of year. I alway...

We made a trip out of Los Angeles to Santa Barbara County wine country recently. My wife and I, along with our good and dear friend Guido ...

It is sometimes remarkable to taste the same wine from different vintages back to back. In the case of Bonny Doon Vineyards ’ Le Cigare Vo...

Just in from the western bloc, the terse message concerns Contra 2012, "a contrarian blend of mostly old-fangled grape varieties from...

To say that Randall Grahm is an iconoclast may be a little strong.  After all, he did knock down a few walls while finding his way as a wi...

Cinsault, that oh-so-blendable grape, got a moment in the spotlight during a Lodi Wines  virtual tasting event recently, and it made the m...

If you have more than a casual relationship with wines made from the Cinsault grape, you may already be a grape geek.  On the other purple...

Cinsault, the oh-so-blendable grape, got a moment in the spotlight during a Lodi Wines BrandLive virtual tasting event recently, and it m...

Cinsault, the oh-so-blendable grape, got a moment in the spotlight during a Lodi Wines BrandLive virtual tasting event recently, and it ma...