Now And Zin Wine

One of Santa Barbara County's treasures is Fiddlehead Cellars , which I like to think of as the little winery that could. Kathy Joseph ...

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

They say Adler Fels is German for "Eagle Rock," which plays into their location "high in the Mayacamas Mountains." Fr...

Pierre Lafond started the first winery in Santa Barbara County since Prohibition. He did that in 1962, and the second one wouldn't com...

Living in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara is "our" wine region. A mere two hours north of L.A., Santa Barbara wine country offers nea...

Dan Gainey runs the wine business that was started by his father, grown grapes on land first farmed by his grandfather.  The Gainey Viney...

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 Guid...

It's October now, which means the Halloween decorations have been in the seasonal display racks at your local merchant since the glow ...

The 2011 Brewer-Clifton Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay was only $10 by the glass at Westside Tavern, downstairs from the Landmark Theater in ...

Here is another example of waiting a tad too long to enjoy a white wine.  In this case, the forgotten bottle of Foley Chardonnay 2009 has...

Santa Barbara County offers so many great areas for exploring wine, but I am drawn over and over to Highway 246 west of Buellton.  My most...

One of the nice things about having an L.A. screenwriter as a friend is the fact that they can often drop whatever they happen to not be d...

It was so nice to be included in the #winechat on July 17th, 2013, the subjects of which were some amazing white wines of Santa Barbara...

The variety that wine has to offer appeals to me so much that I often find myself passing up the standard stash of grape varieties in fav...

Italian grape varieties are among my favorites from around the world, particularly Sangiovese.  Whether it's the fresh, youthful Ch...

L'Epicerie Cafe and Market  is a good stop for a bite and a sip anytime you find yourself in the vicinity of Culver City, California...

California's Santa Barbara County offers some tremendous wines, many of which come from the  Sta. Rita Hills  appellation.  The area...

The Now And Zin household is undergoing a bit of a "wine clearance," with some neglected bottles getting their propers of late...

Enjoying the fruits of your labor, as the saying goes, is alright.  But it's not as good as enjoying the fruits of someone else'...