If you've taken the time to read our staff selections for wines and producers of the year, you may have noted great minds seldom...

It is often said that Champagne is the ultimate beverage for a special occasion. Some of us would say the sound of a popping...

Shopping for the holidays inevitably leads me to the doorstep of my favorite wine merchant, whether the goal is stocking my own...

And it's easy. At least that's what John Larchet tells me. Larchet imports a number of exquisite wines from small producers...

You'll often hear that the first rule of food-and-wine pairing is that there should be no rules. Drink what you want. Hogwash!...

I am quite certain that Duckhorn's Mark Beringer is an exceptional winemaker. The proof, as is often said, is in the bottle....

ST. HELENA, CA. -- He's a busy guy, winemaker Philippe Melka. He's on the fast track now, a dozen years after landing in the...

Reader Jim Sprague writes: Recently at a BevMo (Beverages & More) Saturday wine tasting, I was to taste four Chardonnays...

Upon further review, I'm even more enamored of the big 2003 reds from the Napa Valley than I realized. Come to think of it, the...

ST. HELENA, CA. -- Ordinarily a stop at Spottswoode would be all about the Cabernet Sauvignon. Cab is the money grape of the...

ST. HELENA, CA. -- Spottswoode winemaker Jennifer Williams posed an interesting question during my visit earlier this week. We...