CELIA WELCH, “The World’s Most Influential Woman in Wine”

CELIA WELCH “The World’s Most Influential Woman in Wine”The Drinks Business magazine recently published its [...]

A Visit to the Walter Hansel Bistro

A Frank Melis review: Last week I took my wife and daughters to check out [...]

Chardonnay Deal of the Month!

Stuart Bewley grew up in California’s central valley, where hard work and farming were a [...]

Score some 94+ Points Pott

Aaron Pott has amassed a nice portfolio over the years and his own label has [...]

Local boutique stocks hard-to-find wines

We were fortunate enough to be featured in today’s San Francisco Chronicle! Read the full [...]

Small producer slams big name 100 point wines!

In a recent blind tasting of 2008 Cabernets and 2007 Syrahs, Patland vineyards beat out [...]

Small (girl) winery beats up the Big Boys wineries!

Karen Culler has been around for some time now, and her portfolio has been very [...]

Malk 2008 Cabernet blows away the big names in a blind tasting!

For those who bought the 2007 vintage I can tell you that you will be [...]

Walter Hansel Pinot Noir beats out the big names in a blind tasting! LIMITED – 95 Points!!

I just got my hands on an extremely limited allocation that you definitely want to [...]

The world is (not) ending… But it IS selling out fast!

Jonathan Maltus created his second pool of new wines from some amazing vineyards in the [...]

A 94 Point Zinful Wine!

Gamba Vineyards is a small, family owned vineyard and winery in Sonoma County. The  110 [...]

Secret Service Wine!

Chris Von Holt is the quintessential, second career, artisan wine proprietor. He was raised in [...]

Sommelier Special – 2007 Alondra Cabernet

Alondra is Spanish for Skylark, the wine company established by my long time friends John [...]

Kosta Browne winemaker ROCKS! 96 Point rated vineyard!

I only need to say Kosta Browne – now I have your attention. Yes, the [...]

Napa’s “Meanderthal” wine finally located.

After millions of years, we finally located the the “Meanderthaler” Cabernet in the Napa Valley [...]

Helen Turley (Marcassin) does it again with Martinelli! Big Scores!

Helen Turley has had an amazing career, and she does not seem to stop producing [...]

Buccella New Release – 95 Points

Buccella 2008 Cabernet (Napa) is now in stock.  With the success of the 2006 and [...]

Mountain Reds prevail – A day in the vineyard with Brian Graham.

I spent a day with Brian tasting through his great portfolio of wines.  He also [...]

Blast Into The New Year With Some Sparkle!

Out with the OLD and IN with the new, you know what to do – [...]

The Wolf is a Nice Guy After All!

Karen Culler has crafted yet again two amazing wines from this stunning estate. I taste [...]