Wines of the Week: Wente Vineyards – Livermore Valley
Wente Vineyards was honored in 2011 with the title “Winery of the Year” by Wine Enthusiast magazine. It was quite the accomplishment for the Livermore Valley...
Wines of the Week: Charles R. Vineyards
Charles R. Vineyards is tuck away in a far corner of the Livermore Valley, but don’t let the location fool you, because it couldn’t be a more welcoming...
Wines of the Week: Bent Creek Winery
Before opening Bent Creek Winery, Pat Heineman and her good friend Carol Howell, both worked as principals in the Livermore school district. For them, a way of...
Wines of the Week: Mitchell Katz Winery
Mitchell Katz is learning to embrace change. After all, it’s happening everywhere around him. For one, harvest in the Livermore Valley seems to keep getting...
Wines of the Week: Nottingham Cellars
Nottingham Cellars winemaker, Collin Cranor, is only in his mid-twenty’s, but he makes some of the best wine in the Livermore Valley. While the Valley may...
Thinking with his Heart and not his Head
Mitchell Katz isn’t your typical winemaker. He wanders out from the back room, in sandals, a navy t-shirt, and most noticeably, an ice bag on his shoulder....
Steven Kent Mirassou: A Master of Literature to a Master of Wine
Steven Kent Mirassou didn’t always want a career in wine. He went to school on the East coast, got a Masters in Literature, and was considering the pursuit...
Coming into Their Own: Page Mill & the Livermore Valley
Page Mill Winery Dane Stark, owner and winemaker at Page Mill, doesn’t remember a time when the wine business wasn’t part of his life. Dane was just...
Winding Their Way Into Wine
I stumbled across Bent Creek Winery by chance. That warm Sunday afternoon back in May wasn’t about business. A few friends and I were simply roaming...
The Livermore Valley Harvest Celebration: Rediscovering the Charm of Family
It is easy to get lost gazing out at the gentle rolling hills of the Livermore Valley, with warming afternoon sun caressing your back and fresh country-side air...