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Wines of the Week: DeLille Cellars
DeLille Cellars continues to innovate and to create special wines from Washington State. Now, celebrating their 20th anniversary, winemaker Chris Upchurch continues...
Reliable Wines for the Holiday Times-Part 4
The Holiday Season is inevitably a hectic time of year. With the running around shopping and social occasions, the last thing anyone wants to worry about is what...
Reliable Wines for the Holiday Times-Part 3
With all the running around shopping and social occasions during the Holiday Season, the last thing anyone wants to worry about is what wine to serve guests. So,...
Reliable Wines for the Holiday Times–Part 2
We continue our series (Check out Part 1, too.) recommending reliable wines for the Holiday Season since the last thing anyone wants to worry about is what wine...
George’s Rants and Raves: Spiced Wine from Spicy Vines
I do believe the label says it all, Spiced Wine, with the word Spiced in gigantic letters running vertically up and down the length of the entire bottle. That’s...
Reliable Wines for the Holiday Times – Part 1
The Holiday Season is inevitably a hectic time of year. With the running around shopping and social occasions, the last thing anyone wants to worry about is what...
Wines of the Week: Whites of Rueda, Spain
Long considered favorites in Spain, Rueda wines are being discovered by more and more people here in the United States. Verdejo, the indigenous variety of the region,...
Exploring the Wines of the Livermore Valley Part 5
We complete our survey of the Livermore Valley, located just southeast of San Francisco, with a look at a few different brands. (Check out the other wineries we...
Exploring the Wines of the Livermore Valley Part 4 – Occasio Winery
At Occasio Winery, winemaker John Kinney lives by the old Latin phrase Occasio aegre offertur, facile amittitur – know that the right moment comes along rarely...
Exploring the Wines of the Livermore Valley Part 3 – The Steven Kent Winery & La Rochelle
In 1996, alongside his father, Steven Kent Mirassou set out to establish a new Livermore Valley winery. There were only a handful of other producers at the time,...
