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McIntyre Vineyards: Noteworthy Wines
McIntyre Vineyards is one of a handful of boutique wineries in California that’s really starting to standout for us. Year after year, when we sample their...
San Francisco Wineries Make Their Mark
San Francisco doesn’t necessarily come to mind as part of California’s wine-scape. While clearly none of the grapes are grown in the city, we recently...
Hunt Cellars: Memorable Wines
At Hunt Cellars, they specialize in “memorable wines.” Winemaker David Hunt is quite well known in the wine community for his amazing barrel work, and once you’ve tasted...
Food & Beverage World’s California Wines of the Year 2012
Once again, Food & Beverage World is ready to announce the winners of our annual California Wines of the Year Competition. Our tasting panel started out by...
Vie Winery Brings Amazing Wine to Life
Vie comes from the Old French word meaning “to invite” or “to give occasion for”. Or, in French today, it is simply translated “Life”....
The Wines of Mark Clarin: McGrail Family Vineyards & Picazo Vineyards
Mark started out working for Wente in 1979. Thus, over the years, he’s come to know the Livermore Valley quite intimately. That knowledge base has served him...
Dutcher Crossing: Finding the Right Blend
For Kerry Damskey, winemaker at Dutcher Crossing in the Dry Creek Valley of California, a key element of making wine is the ability to be very honest with yourself....
Castoro Cellars – “Dam Fine Wines”
The husband and wife team of Niels and Bimmer Udsen established Castoro Cellars with the goal of producing world-class wines from Paso Robles-appellation grapes....
Wines of the Week: Valencia, Spain
The Valencia growing region, on the east coast of Spain, may not have attained the international recognition of an area like the Rioja, but it is gaining more and...
Wines of the Week: Yorkville Cellars’ Malbecs – Mendocino County
There is lots of Malbec on store shelves these days – mostly from Argentina, where they have 50,880 acres planted. Regrettably, there are only 1,346 bearing Malbec...
