The Thanksgiving Menu: Simply Delicious
The Thanksgiving meal is the world’s simplest, and therein lies its beauty of presentation and flavor, simple wholesome foods that commemorate the first harvest…
Read The Thanksgiving Menu: Simply Delicious
Ask the Wine Witch Who Tells the Truth As She Sees It
Dear Wine Witch: I visited Napa this summer for the first time and was surprised by the afternoon breezes and cool nights. One day…
Read Ask the Wine Witch Who Tells the Truth As She Sees ItWhite Granite Dreams
Visualize a white granite world beyond the tree line at 9000 feet above sea level, a world carved by glaciers, pushing, clawing through the…
Read White Granite Dreams
Go Ahead, Chill a Red Wine
Some of the first information that we learn about wine is that we serve whites chilled and reds at room temperature. Later we learn…
Read Go Ahead, Chill a Red Wine
Bordeaux, My Father’s Wine
The wine business worries about its market like any other business. Fifteen years ago, it was concerned about who would replace the Baby Boomers,…
Read Bordeaux, My Father’s Wine
OMG! Paris Hilton Calls Prosecco Sexy
When Paris Hilton went on David Letterman’s program two years ago to promote Prosecco, saying it was “sexy,” she was referring to a specific…
Read OMG! Paris Hilton Calls Prosecco Sexy
What Is Cassis and Why Should We Care?
The word cassis is a common descriptor of red wine and a very annoying one. Just ask 25 of your best friends if they…
Read What Is Cassis and Why Should We Care?Pinot in the Spotlight
The Pinot Family is much in the spotlight these days. No, its members aren’t characters in another violent videogame. They haven’t engaged in public…
Read Pinot in the SpotlightFor Grapevine Pests, The Globe Is a Village
The newest critter to haunt California grape growers is the European grapevine moth, which is threatening growers to the point that the California Department…
Read For Grapevine Pests, The Globe Is a VillageHappy Valentine’s Day
We recently received an order that seemed to be a Valentine gift with the message “When one looks into water, one sees one’s own…
Read Happy Valentine’s Day