Here we are less than a month from Labor Day and I've already taken an assignment to write about holiday wines. My brain,...

Just as all that glitters is not gold, all that bubbles is not Champagne. Sometimes that is a good thing. My bubbly of choice...

I remember taking lunch with Jim Carter, owner of the then-new South Coast Winery, several years ago. He stunned and amused me...

On my recent visit to the Napa Valley I was amused and dismayed by the story of a vineyard owner with a yen to make a...

Alternative packaging seems to be all the rage in the wine biz. Fueled, it seems, by the success of boxed wines (success...

Long before the movie 'Sideways' made it hip to diss Merlot, the wine industry had its own jaundiced view of this red grape...

RUTHERFORD, Ca. -- Down through the years I've enjoyed many vintages of Quintessa, one of the Napa Valley's ultra-premium...

One of the most intriguing aspects of the Critics Challenge International Wine Competition is the commentary that flows from the...

After listening to colleagues Michael Franz and Paul Lukacs riff with Kojo (you can click here and listen) about their...

With my three big wine competitions --- Monterey, San Diego and Critics Challenge --- now squarely in my rear-view...