Now And Zin Wine

Riesling is said to be the critics' darling of the wine world, the sommelier's best friend. The Riesling grape gives us wines in a w...

When I brought the Schmitt Söhne Riesling out of the grocery bag, the blue bottle caused my wife to say, 'What do you have there, Blue ...

Healdsburg winery Ten Acre made a limited production of their 2016 Ten Acre Riesling. The grapes were grown in the Sonoma Coast AVA - a good...

Wine importers Mack & Schühle have made a name for themselves, searching out wines from across the world and bringing them to U.S. wine ...

Two wonderful Riesling wines have come my way as part of an online virtual tasting event, each of which demonstrate what there is to love ab...

California wine négociant Cameron Hughes owns no vineyards and has no official winery.  He buys already produced wine from established mak...

The locals call it paradise on a peninsula.  Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula wine region sticks out of the northwestern edge of the s...

Oh, how I love a Riesling with that petrol emotion.  The smell that reminds me of swimming near the flat-bottom boat with the Evinrude on ...

German wines tend to fall beneath the U.S. wine drinker's radar.  Aside from Riesling, you'll be hard-pressed to find a German gra...

There's change underway at Troon Vineyards in southern Oregon's Applegate Valley.  Some folks say "if it ain’t broke, don’t ...

From southern Oregon's Applegate Valley, Troon Vineyards has released a Riesling to contemplate. The 2016 Troon Riesling Whole Grape ...

When I see a Santa Barbara wine that I am not familiar with on the menu, I'm sold. Tatomer is a label I had not seen before, but it wa...

Lodi, California never ceases to amaze me in its efforts to prove itself worthy of inclusion in the the Great Wine Region discussion. Gene...

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...

You've been there before. In unfamiliar territory for dinner - not in a restaurant, with a wine list and plenty of choices, but at a f...

With Valentine’s Day upon us, it’s a good time to pop open a dessert wine or two - sweets for your sweetie. Fresh from receiving accolad...

The Finger Lakes Wine Alliance recently celebrated the launch of the 2013 vintage of Finger Lakes Rieslings with a virtual tasting event ...

The wines of Randall Grahm are so good,you may wonder why he feels the needs to funny them up with eye-catching iconic images and puns. ...

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

A series on wines for the holidays. A sommelier who became a winemaker, Joshua Klapper , is one of those vintners you will see a lot if ...