Into the Glass in Grapevine still has a few seats left for tonight's dinner with the owner of Edward Sellers Vineyards, one of the Central Coast "Rhone rangers" giving a good name to California's syrah, grenache and mouvedre. It's your...
If you'd like to know more about Biodynamic vineyard practices and sample some Biodynamic wines, drop by Veritas Wine Room tonight between 6 and 9 to meet one of California's pioneers: Mike Benziger from Sonoma's Benziger Family Winery. When I...
Fort Ross Vineyard is one of my favorite California producers - not only for for Lester and Linda Schwartz's winning wines, but also for their story. They moved to California from South Africa in 1976 with no thought of making...
Usually, when someone in wine or spirits talks about 20-year-old this or 50-year-old that, they're referring to port or Scotch. So it was both amusing and interesting yesterday to hear the zinfandel producers touting wine from their 40-year-old or 100-year-old...
We got a great tip from Jim "JR' Richardson's next-door-neighbor in Oak Cliff. He wanted to let us know that JR has started a winery in Calistoga producing wines under the Oak Cliff Cellars name. The wines are made in...
In the recession more than ever, people are on the prowl for value wines. Now's a good time to remind them about Louis M. Martini, a 75-year-old Napa winery and estate that's long been a good value. A California cab...
Last week, Kendall-Jackson winemaster Randy Ullom and I participated in what he says is a first-ever experiment in tele-tasting wine. Using Web cams and a conference connection, we each poured four glasses of identical wines and tasted them together -...
Like Fess Parker, Greg Norman and a gaggle of other celebs before him, comedian Dan Aykroyd is launching his own wines. He isn't building a winery yet, but he is working with a reputable one. The Dan Aykroyd Discovery Series...
This stunner comes from The Cellarist at sfgate.com. Donn Reisen, president of Ridge Vineyards in Cupertino, Calif., was discovered dead in his car Jan. 26, a probable suicide. Reisen doesn't have any Dallas connection, but anyone who follows California wine...
You'll recall that Corbett Canyon Chardonnay 3-liter premium cask scored a gold medal in The Dallas Morning News Wine Competition last year, with the Merlot earning a bronze. Now the prestigious 2009 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition has named the...
You're to be forgiven if you mix up the two "R-with-a-bird-name" California wineries that both make zinfandel. Ravenswood is often confused with Renwood (generic label at right). It was David Crippen, winemaker for the latter, who was in town recently...
I'm glad it's in the high 90s somewhere, even if it's just wine scores. If you know a wine geek who loves Robert Parker, Pogo's has several upper-90s-scoring, sometimes hard-to-find California reds. Some even have a few bucks knocked off...
San Saba Vineyards managing director Claire Marlin dropped by recently to chat up the estate's new and current releases, knowing there's a special interest in Dallas. The small-production, Monterey winery is owned by former Dallas doc Mark Lemmon and his...
Few wine lovers do not know the story of The Judgment of Paris, the day in 1976 when California trumped the French in a blind wine-tasting. The nine judges were the cream of French oenophiles, and Napa Valley's Chateau Montelena...
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