Santa Cruz Mountain wines
The Santa Cruz Mountain region is unique in that it is a pure coastal wine region, or American Viticultural Area, in that all of...
Wine on the Fault Line
So, you’ve made it to an outdoor concert on the coast. Your friends are on the way and you have arrived early, which means...
Napa Meets Surf City
So, a Croatian guy starts an award-winning coffee plantation on the Big Island of Hawaii. Said Croatian also loves him some Napa Cabernet and...
Find winter comfort in port wines
You may know that port is a rich, dark, viscous, fortified wine full of concentrated and complex flavors and textures and has a little...
Tips for picking sparkling wines
So, you’re standing in the Bubbles/Sparkling/Champagne section at the store and wondering what to get. Unless you’ve had the wine before, you’re not sure...
California Chardonnays perfect for winter
It was late December when your intrepid wine storyteller looked out his window at a beautiful, fresh down comforter of the light, white and...
Great wines to benefit good causes
We all have dreams — whether they are during slumber or consciously — for a better life. I’d also bet many of us dream...
Wine vintage matters
Vintage: It’s one of the main keys to knowing and understanding wine quality and value, which is essential for collectors and investors. It has...
Wine accessories for the wine lover
Rejoice. Your personal holiday wine coach is here. This is the year you will be able to joyfully move forward with your holiday gifting...
Great Napa Merlots
There is sweet irony in the final scene of the 2004 movie “Sideways” when the main character Miles, crushed by hubris, sullenly drinks his...