Now And Zin Wine

The six-year-old San Luis Obispo winery, Biddle Ranch Vineyard , does "small batch, handcrafted wines" from their 17-acre Chardo...

Some wine companies go to extreme lengths to create unusual back stories for their product.  We've seen wines marketed using dogs, cat...

The sweet wines of Bordeaux often are relegated to the dessert category, and why not?  They pair so well with dessert plates they could ev...

The sweet wines of Bordeaux often are relegated to the dessert category, and why not?  They pair so well with dessert plates they could ev...

The sweet wines of Bordeaux often are relegated to the dessert category, and why not?  They pair well with dessert plates and could even ...

The sweet wines of Bordeaux often are relegated to the dessert category, and why not?  They pair so well with dessert plates they could e...

It's time again for the seasonal experience known as Beaujolais Nouveau.  The young wine that is produced and hurried to market each f...

There's a three-way wine tasting room in San Luis Obispo.  Baileyana , Tangent and True Myth all show off their wines in a little ye...

Bourbon is hot right now.  Meininger's reports that bourbon sales have tripled in the past two decades, and most of that growth has be...

Loupiac is a region in France's Bordeaux region, north of Sauternes and the Garonne River.  It is also an appellation exclusive to swe...

Pink wine screams spring and summer, but there shouldn't be such a mad rush to discard the rosés simply because the calendar page flip...

Longtime Napa Valley winemaker Robert Pepi has been putting out a line of wines for nearly two decades, since selling off his Robert Pepi...

Shopping for Italian wines in a place that really "gets" Italian wine is a fantastic experience.  There are several small shops ...

The wine list at L.A.'s Terroni isn't expansive, but it is most certainly Italian, and always offers at least a few wines which w...

Here's a throwback for Halloween, from a time when I wrote a series of columns pairing wine and movies for Trailers From Hell , a reall...

From the vault, this was done during a stretch of articles I wrote for the Blood of the Vines feature on TrailersFromHell.com.

A special-occasion lunch calls for a special view, and that's what The Lobster offers in addition to the various ocean-going delights...