Now And Zin Wine

The Norton grape, the beginning of my obsession with American wines.

House Gustave Lorentz is near Bergheim, in the northeastern French area of Alsace, just across the Rhine River from Germany.  Charles Lor...

A list compiled a few years back.

Did this about 7 years ago. The landscape has probably changed some since then.

Dan Morgan Lee has been around wine since the '70s, made his own since the '80s and grown grapes since the '90s.  His Double ...

From about 6 years back, a look at wine in cans.

Wines often are named after someone, or something, and here's another one,  The Catalina Sounds Pinot Noir is the namesake of the WWI...

The Arroyo Seco AVA is centered around Monterey County's Arroyo Seco River, a seasonal waterway that brings rain and snowmelt from the...

Cava house Vilarnau is located outside Barcelona.  I understand they date back to the 1940s, although their parent company goes back much...

Four Ferrari-Carano wines were recently featured in an online virtual tasting session, of which I was invited to be a part.  The presenta...

In St. Helena, 1,800 feet up Napa Valley's Spring Mountain, Charles and Stuart Smith started Smith-Madrone Winery more than four deca...

Morgan Winery is a Salinas outfit with vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County.  The winery's location makes me thi...

Denizens of the desert will have a new reason to celebrate in a culinary way.  The Rancho Mirage Wine and Food Festival will happen on Fe...

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

Jerry Lohr led the way in Monterey's Arroyo Seco District and was an early advocate of Paso Robles' suitability for the growing of...