Now And Zin Wine

The Paso Robles wine region sprawls over a good part of California's Central Coast.  It sprawls so, that it was recently divided into ...

I've done a little more exploration into a Japanese beer that's available at my local sushi place, Kawaba Sunrise Ale.  It's m...

The Claiborne and Churchill label is 35 years old this year.  The winery is located in the heart of the beautiful Edna Valley, just outsi...

Great wine is all about location.  The location of the vineyard makes all the difference in the end product.  Locations is an experiment ...

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

Here's a little sparkler from Italy, which lands on the sweet side, and is kosher. The Italian Bartenura winery was named for a 15th...

Temecula Valley Wine Growers are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a special wine release.  The wine style was decided by a group co...

"Strength, nerve and courage" is on the label of the Matsu wines from Spain's Toro region.  Matsu means "wait" in...

Summer has come and gone.  Labor Day capped another vacation period with terrible traffic and a "last chance" attitude toward mi...

"It smells like my grandfather’s cellar," my wife said as she sniffed at my lunchtime Lambrusco.  She recalls fondly how the bar...

One of the great things about Italian wines is that there's always a new grape experience around the next corner, even when there'...

California Pinot Noir is a curious beast.  Most bottles will be nothing like what you expect, maybe even want, from Pinot.  The really Bur...

Edna Valley is a beautiful area of San Luis Obispo's wine country.  The rolling hills, the nearby Pacific Ocean, the vineyards.  When ...

The wine list at Monsieur Marcel's in L.A.'s Farmers Market isn't expansive, but it always offers at least a few wines which w...

The Paso Robles wine region sprawls over a good part of California's Central Coast.  It sprawls so, that it was recently divided into ...

When a grape surprises me, it reinvigorates my interest in it.  Like that birdie on the eighteenth after a miserable round of hacking away...

Wines made in Dry Creek Valley have the flavor of the old West, the frontier, the pioneers.  While briar is a common tasting note for Dry ...

Château Peyros is the southernmost property in the Madiran region of Gascony, in France's far southwest corner.  The property's na...

Collier Falls is right next to Bella Winery 's property and farmed by Barry Collier .  He's caring for land that was planted by It...