Now And Zin Wine

My wife and I were out and about, flitting from one Sunday chore to another.  A lot of people find it tedious to spend a Sunday shopping - ...

The holidays always call for special wines.  You can bring out all the heavy-hitting Cabernets, big Bordeaux blends and dry-as-a-bone Riesli...

Tres Pinos Tierra Blanca is a San Luis Obispo County wine, but that's just where the grapes come from. The winery which makes it, San ...

Have you ever seen someone open a bottle of wine with a shoe?  Neither had I.  I'm curious enough to want to try this, but I'm going...

Sonoma County's little town of Healdsburg is just about as cute as little town's get.  Throw in some Christmas decorations and ...

The Temecula Valley Harvest Celebration and Barrel Tasting got underway today.  From the fun everyone seemed to be having, ...

Here are my tasting notes from the Stars of Cabernet event held on November 5, 2009. This tasting event was almost NBC - Nothin' But C...

Wine lovers lucky enough to be in the Paso Robles area should make note of a new series of winemaker dinners coming to the Paso Robles I...

Everyone who has ever driven along California's State Route 101, north of Santa Barbara and up into the Central Coast wine country, know...

California Zinfandel wines produced from "old vine" vineyards may be hiding something from you.  Your favorite "old vine...

I found a description of Soave that I just love. Pardon me while I borrow this from sfgate: "Soave, a picturesque village complete w...

If you haven't taken time to explore Southern California's wine country around Temecula, the perfect opportunity is on the way.  The...

The Bottle : Sporting a stylish purple - they call it "plum" - label, this entry in the Diamond Collection from Francis Coppola ...

The wine is a Falanghina, Feudi Di San Gregorio. I am waiting for a business meeting here on a Sunday afternoon. How do I get myself into th...

I tried this wine a while back, and these are my notes on it. The Bottle: The pleasant vineyard drawing on the label is probably a view from...

Great celebrations cry out for something bubbly. My wife and I celebrated a wedding anniversary recently and decided to crack open a Calist...

Hollywood wine tasters were once again treated to a fun and informative night out by Nicolas Soufflet and Bill Gotti at Gotti's Hollyw...

TBD Rouge Lodi Red Wine 2007 Here's the second in my series of Recession Buster wines . This one hails from Trader Joe's, home to m...

It was raining in Los Angeles, which is never good news for the drive home from work. Added to that problem was word of a power outage in L...

Paraphrasing a line from O Brother, Where Art Thou?, I will spend a few posts sampling some bargain-priced wines to see how much bang I can ...