Livermore Stories: Mitchell Katz Winery
Mitchell Katz is a survivor. He launched his eponymous winery in Livermore Valley in 1998 and four years later moved into the historic Ruby Hill tasting room, a massive yet beautiful old brick building that…
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A New View for Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars in Napa Valley will be forever known as the winery that beat the French. Many people know the role that the winery’s 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon played in bringing worldwide attention…
Livermore Stories: BoaVentura de Caires Winery
“Handcrafted” has become such a buzzword in the wine industry that it’s almost meaningless, superfluous. But not at BoaVentura de Caires, the Livermore Valley winery owned by Brett Caires. His operation is truly handcrafted. Brett…
#NapaQuake: How You Can Help Keep #NapaStrong
Bottle shock. Crushed. Shaken, not stirred. Whatever word you choose to describe it, the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Napa Valley early Sunday morning has left behind more than spilled wine. More than 100 homes…
Livermore Stories: Nottingham Cellars
This is another installment of a series called “Livermore Stories,” which takes a look at the most exciting wineries in this wine growing region located east of San Francisco. More than 50 wineries now call…
Detox Then Retox in Wine Country
The first time I heard of a winery offering a yoga class was in 2008, at Periscope Cellars in Emeryville, CA. This was actually a yoga class where you sipped wine as you held…
Uncellared: Tasting Notes on Wine and TV and a Lucky Wine
All the Single Ladies Put your hands up...and make your reservation now for a winemaker dinner featuring none other than The Bachelor himself, Ben Flajnik, who created the Envolve wine label with friends Michael Benziger…
Giving Thanks for Garagiste Wines
You know the legendary stories about how Apple Computers and Hewitt Packard were created in a garage, by visionaries who broke all the rules and changed an industry. Wine garagistes do the same thing. What…
Turning Winemaking Over to Facebook Fans
"They did not pick the yeast that I normally use," winemaker Tom Johnson says. "It's a new experience for me." The "they" refers to Silversmith's Facebook fans, 797 of them, who are voting on winemaking…
Wine Country’s Sexy New Winery
It's not often a new winery gets my attention. But this one does. Four years in the making, Ram's Gate Winery opens its doors in California's Sonoma wine country this week. It gives new meaning…