Now And Zin Wine

Wine regions that go back centuries always make me wonder what the wine tasted like back then.  I can't imagine that it was anything l...

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...

The Terrasous aged sweet wine series features a range of their natural sweet wines that have been aged for at least six years. This one h...

Casa Dumetz Wines is a boutique producer of wines featuring Rhone grape varieties sourced from Santa Barbara County locations.  The tast...

Rivesaltes is the French AOC for naturally sweet, fortified wines in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in the south of France. The Roussill...

The 2013 Réserve is the same wine as the 2013 Le Cigare Blanc "normale," but it is aged in five-gallon glass demijohns. The ag...

Bonny Doon Vineyard 's winemaker Randall Grahm says he’s "pretty happy" with his latest vintage of the pink Vin Gris de Cig...

This interesting white blend is from France’s Rhône Valley. Its composition is nearly equal parts Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Vermentino, a...

The wines of Bonny Doon Vineyards are all about complexity. They are all about savory. Sometimes, they’re all about beeswax. The 2013 L...

Le Clos de Paulilles Collioure is in the south of the southernmost region in France. It's so far south, it's almost Spain. In fac...

Rivesaltes is the AOC designation for naturally sweet, fortified wines in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in the south of France. The Ro...

It had been a while since I stopped in on Larry Schaffer at his Los Olivos tasting room for Tercero Wines , so it was a great and pleasan...

Topanga Vineyards sounds more L.A. Than Central coast and, sure enough, the 90 vines planted in the SoCal hideaway of Topanga Canyon start...

One of the wonders of tasting Randall Grahm ’s Bonny Doon wines from year to year is tracking how they turn out. Bigger wineries, with hu...

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 ...

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...

Le Cigare Blanc is the white counterpart to the always awesome Le Cigare Volant red blend, named for the alien spacecraft "banned by ...

Priest Ranch wines are made by Somerston Wine Company , who also make Highflyer and Somerston wines.  The Somerston estate is in the easte...

Randall Grahm 's Bonny Doon Vineyard has been providing holiday-worthy wines for more years than I have been drinking them - at least...