Occasionally, my wine goblet runneths over. Starting with two Sonoma tasting events, then attending the Sonoma County Barrel Auction—all culminating with a La Paulée dinner, one could not have envisioned a better wine weekend.
Charles Smith is the winemaker and general factotum for Smith-Madrone Vineyards & Winery.
Tom Gamble’s boyhood days often began before sunrise; herding cattle, working irrigation lines and emulating older ranchers and farmers from the back of the pack.
Dario De Conti was raised on his family’s farm in Veneto, Italy, where he funded his winemaking studies by making pizza at the local pizzeria.
Rob Campbell is a 4th generation San Franciscan. After growing up in San Francisco and nearby Daly City, Rob decided to travel a great distance for college.
An interview with Westwood's Ben Cane.
Premiere Napa Valley offers unprecedented opportunities for the trade and media to access and acquire some of the most coveted wines in the oeno-verse.
Brooks Painter has been called “the winemaker’s winemaker” because of his extensive expertise and prominence as a wine industry leader among his peers.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have attended every one of the events below, in addition to dozens of others. Most food and wine events are quite good, some are outstanding, and then there are the Crème de la Crème, Top of the Heap, the Ultimate Event to Plan Your Life Around.
An interview with Philippe Melka, proprietor of Melka Wines.
