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Malbec: Napa’s Best Kept Secret

WRITTEN BY MELISSA VOGT Malbec is one of the five grape varieties allowed in French Bordeaux and typically represents tiny fractions of those sought-after wines. It has become Argentina’s most important varietal. But what...

Santa Rosa: Wine Country’s Most Eclectic Blend

A drive on U.S. Route 101 or State Route 12 leads to landscapes blooming with wildflowers and cultivated gardens, rows of olive groves, and, yes… vineyards and wineries in various pockets in and outside of Santa Rosa’s city...

Oakville Grocery

Traveling along Napa Valley’s Highway 29, visitors wind past wineries, restaurants, and swaths of vineyards as far as the eye can see. The iconic wine road takes a journey through place and time, notably through Oakville,...

FRANK FAMILY VINEYARDS

Story By: Marisa McCain // Photos Courtesy of Frank Family Vineyards Frank Family’s Leslie Rosé: YOUR ONE-WAY TICKET TO SUMMER Napa Valley’s iconic Frank Family Vineyards has a profound passion for Pinot Noir, which they...

New Frontier Wine Co.

Story By: Charlene Peters//  Photos By: Sandoval Media Bottles of Balance and Integrity The lavish setting inside the recently opened New Frontier Wine Co. in downtown Napa sets the stage for its 100-point wine-tasting...

The Mill Keeper Wines

Story By: Fran Miller // Cover Photo By: Maria Calderon Photography Authentic, Approachable, Affordable While many popular wine brands claim a romantic or charming backstory, the reality is often quite the opposite. Sold...

Sequoia Grove Winery

Story By: Daniel Mangin // Photos Courtesy of Sequoia Groves Chef Elevates Cabernet Sauvignon with Food Pairing Approach A steak and a Napa Valley Cab—this iconic combo has earned the valley pride of place on wine lists the...

CLIF FAMILY WINERY

Story By: Melissa Vogt // Photos Courtesy of Clif Family Winery St. Helena’s Little Gem Clif Family Winery brings together the very best in wine, cuisine, coffee, and cycling in the heart of St. Helena. As avid consumers of...

Napa Valley Wine Train

When California pioneer Sam Brannan found gold in 1848, he at once started a business selling mining supplies, became California’s first millionaire, and published California’s first newspaper, the California Star. Flush...

Yolo County’s Winters

About 40 miles east of St. Helena in the heart of Yolo County, Winters is probably quite used to gibes about #YOLO, the contemporary social media acronym. Actually, Yolo County is one of California’s oldest, dating back to...

Vying for Viognier

Story By: Melissa Vogt // Viognier Grapes-Photo courtesy of Fortunati Vineyards Select Producers Are Still Crafting Viognier in the Valley In the Northern Rhône Valley of France, Viognier vines are rooted in small vineyard...

KATNIP WINES

Story By: Charlene Peters A Serendipitous Journey The symbiotic relationship between Julia Child and Katie Pratt couldn’t have been predicted way back in the ‘60s when these two Cantabs (residents of Cambridge, Mass.) first...

ACRE WINES

Story By: Layne Randolph | Photos By: Mariana Calderon Photography Bringing It Full Circle When Mike and Talley Henry acquired Acre and One Acre Wines from founders Dave Becker and Bob Babbe in 2017, their primary focus was...

New Frontier Wine Co.

Story By: Mark Gudgel | Photos By: Stephanie Wolden, Wineglass Marketing Come In, Relax and Stay Awhile Winery tasting rooms have been an integral part of the wine-tasting experience for quite some time. In the past, it was...

LAKE SONOMA WINERY

Story By: Layne Randolph Sonoma County’s Sense of Place Like the wine she crafts, Lake Sonoma Winery’s winemaker, Jaime “JJ” Dowell, has found her sense of place in Sonoma County. Famous for its 18 diverse appellations,...

Boisset Collection

Story By: Layne Randolph // Photos By: Scott Chebegia Bringing the Inside Out Jean Charles Boisset, the proprietor of the eponymous Boisset Collection, is a champion of innovative approaches to luxury, exquisite fine wine,...

Napa Valley Vintners

Napa Valley Vintners Reinvents Community Fundraising with Innovative Collective Napa Valley Three decades before the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting elevated the Napa Valley’s status as a winegrowing region, the seven...

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