Now And Zin Wine

Domaine Guigal was founded by Etienne , furthered by son Marcel and now his son, Phillippe , represents the third generation toiling in the ...

A sample of this wine came to me with a recommendation that pouring pink is the thing to do for Thanksgiving. I have long been in favor of r...

Wild Diamond Vineyards of Napa, CA produces a beautiful Syrah, a full varietal wine, grown in Lake County vineyards. Wild Diamond gets its n...

The Seaglass Wine Company is based in St. Helena, California, while making wines from vineyards south of Napa, in the state's Central Co...

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...

Sebastiani has been in the winemaking game for more than a century, and they haven't lasted that long by shrugging their shoulders and s...

Alta Colina winery is based in Paso Robles' Adelaida District at a nice elevation.  In fact, their name translates as "high hill....

Qupé specializes in growing and making Rhône-style wines from the Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Maria, the Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard in the ...

The Jewish High Holy Days happen in September, which means you'll need some kosher wines.  You can always turn to Royal Wine Corporation...

Denner Vineyards, in the Willow Creek District of Paso Robles, has been around for a couple of decades.  Ron Denner got the ball rolling in...

Winemaker Randall Grahm notes on the Bonny Doon   Le Pousseur label that Syrah's aroma will stay with you a long time. "One wil...

Bonny Doon’s chief, Randall Grahm , sums up his career in one paragraph, quite a feat for a guy who seemingly has never summed up anything...

"It smells like dirt."  My wife took in the wine's aroma again.  "I know," I replied.   She insisted, "No, re...

If Syrah is for suckers, as some marketing types would have you believe, then include me in.  I'm a sucker for Syrah.  I love the aust...

A tale of two Syrahs, one of which - the Zaca Mesa Syrah 2010 - I gushed about in a previous post.  Now I turn to the Zaca Mesa 2010 Mesa...

I love Syrah.  As much as I like Zinfandel, Grenache or a good, smokey Merlot, I always open a bottle of Syrah just a little faster, in an...