Now And Zin Wine

Vilarnau is a cava House located outside Barcelona.  I understand they date back to the 1940s, although their parent company goes back mu...

From the hillsides around Marsala comes a wine that makes me think of a California Pinot Noir, only, you know, Italian.  The Villa Pozzi ...

Stirred, not shaken.  As so often happens in the movies, James Bond got it wrong when he directed bartenders to shake his martini.  That ...

Napa Valley winemaker Josh Phelps grew up literally among the vines.  He was raised in the wine business and surprised no one when he exc...

If you are anything like me - God help ya - you may be a tad surprised to hear the name Santa Margherita and not hear Pinot Grigio immedi...

Wines often seem to be named after someone, or something, and here's another one,  The Catalina Sounds Sauvignon Blanc is the namesak...

Old vines are appreciated the most in Zinfandel vineyards.  California's heritage grape has been growing nonstop in Lodi for more than...

"It’s a good night for Port," my wife said.  The brutal Southern California winter had its teeth in us, with the overnight low e...

Georgós Zanganas founded Nu Greek Wines of Sonoma after moving to the U.S. and having trouble finding the Greek wines he left behind.  H...

Since the 1960s, Simonsig has been producing wine from South Africa's Stellenbosch region.  This one, Kaapse Vonkel Brut Rosé , was ...

"Sorry about the girl."  That's how the email started.  Paringa Wines '  David Hickinbotham wrote me over the weekend a...

The Paringa website declares that the Hickinbotham family has been in the Australian wine biz for some eight decades.  The current genera...