After two rounds of tastings, sorting through over 100 total entries, we’re finally ready to reveal our wines of the year. The finalists in each category (as selected by the members of our tasting panel who work or have worked in the wine industry) were tasted in flights by non-industry members of our panel ...
As we welcome 2012, we decided to look back at some of our favorite wines from 2011 as well as invite wineries to submit their own favorites. Bottles were divided into categories based on their type and/or varietal compositions. (A minimum of 10 submissions were required to create a category.) Based on the wines submitted, ...
As we welcome 2012, we decided to look back at some of our favorite wines from 2011 as well as invite wineries to submit their own favorites. Bottles were divided into categories based on their type and/or varietal compositions. (A minimum of 10 submissions were required to create a category.) Based on the wines ...
To close out our wine coverage for 2011, we decided to round up some of our favorite bottles from the past year as well as invite wineries to submit their own favorites. Submissions were divided into categories based on their type and/or varietal compositions. (A minimum of 10 different bottles were required to create ...
To close out our wine coverage for 2011, we decided to round up some of our favorite bottles from the past year as well as invite wineries to submit their own favorites. Submissions were divided into categories based on their type and/or varietal compositions. (A minimum of 10 submissions were required to create a category.) ...
When Jonathan Lachs and Susan Marks, the winemakers and owners of Cedarville Vinyard, first met as undergrads at UC Davis, neither one of them really thought they would open up a winery together someday. The pair hadn’t enrolled at Davis specifically to learn about wine as so many people do. Instead, it was during their ...
In the world of wine, it’s fashionable to say you’re unique. Many wineries will promote a story about what sets them apart from all the rest. In other words, it seems like they are trying to be different. David Coffaro, owner and winemaker at the David Coffaro Winery, doesn’t have to try. He simply has ...
The Santa Cruz Mountains, running along California’s central coast, have a long history with wine. Back in the 1870′s a man named John Jarvis came to the area. He and a few partners held about 2,000 acres of land. Some of it was planted with grapes. A few of those original vineyards still exist, but ...
Rebecca and her husband Peter Work started out in the corporate I.T world. They liked wine a great deal and would travel around, attending seminars and tastings to try and learn more about it. They thought it might be nice to own a vineyard one day, after they retired from the corporate grind. The idea ...
Even during his childhood, wine was a part of Drake Whitcraft’s life. He was still in elementary school the first time he helped out in the cellar of his parents’ winery. Even at that young age, Drake was often asking questions about why things tasted different and exploring his vivid curiosity about the whole winemaking ...
Passport to Dry Creek Valley is an annual event showcasing the wineries, vineyards and exceptional beauty of Dry Creek...
A celebration of award-winning food and wine grown on California’s scenic Central Coast. Barrel tastings, cooking demonstrations, live music,...
