Cool hands
Like most folks, I can’t resist a list. They’re usually fun and almost always fodder for endless debate. So when the Daily... Read More
Chimney Rock’s Vianna: Unusual background, uncommonly good results
Elizabeth Vianna is probably California’s only winemaker with a Brazilian father and Central American mother, and she’s almost certainly the world’s only... Read More
Piedmont, in old and new ways
Like many of his Piemontese peers, Giuseppe Vajra comes bearing beautiful Barolos and bounteous barberas. Unlike virtually any of them, he also... Read More
Napa gleanings: snakes, slopes and $4,333 wine
Some notes, quotes and anecdotes from the week leading up to and including the Premiere Napa barrel tasting. • Barnett Vineyards makes wonderful wine... Read More
Drew is well situated out on the edge
Jason Drew is out there. Really out there. Not in terms of personality. With short-cropped auburn hair, soft-spoken demeanor and mud-crusted jeans... Read More
Straight from the vintners’ mouths
Wine tends to bring out the poetic ““ or prosaic ““ tendencies in many of us, not least among vintners themselves. A... Read More
Winemaker profile: Jeff Stewart, Hartford Family
Jeff Stewart has a great gig, and is wise enough to know it. And to make it better. He stepped into a... Read More