Northern Sonoma Wine

I am curious why nobody has mentioned the proverbial home of Cabernet Franc (a.k.a. Bouchet) in (a) the Bordeaux - where it makes up as much as half of total plantings and (b) Val de Loire west of Paris where it is the...

Another event in Northern California Wine Country! This weekend (Nov. 20 - 21) the wineries of the Carneros Region (Sonoma & Napa) are holding their annual Holiday in Carneros. I have never been to this event but there...

You can also look to prosecco from northern Italy, and some of the better sparkling wines from Napa and Sonoma (e.g. Schramsberg, Iron Horse and the French operations like Domaine Chandon and Mumms Napa) for (somewhat)...

Had a couple more minutes to spend, so decided to add some more names to the list. One thing, though, when you say 'the best', are you talking about a broad education, or hunting for the most exclusive names with...

One of the things that continues to amaze me is the just the sheer number of wineries that there are in Northern California. I’ve been to a lot of them but there are so many more that I have not been to. That’s why,...

I wasn't going to post anything but since this thread is still going . . . You can find a million wines under $15 but the question is whether you yourself would like to drink them. The more people who answer, the more...

Poultry and red wine, but which wine? Pinot Noir to the rescue Eric Guido is back this week with a great recipe for Roast Chicken. Long considered the dish to judge a chef by, the simplicity of a...

A friend and I decided to see wine country while it was just about harvest season, so there'd be grapes on the vines. She had been once before on a planned tour of about four places all in south Sonoma. We opted this...