Tim Carl delves into the pros and cons of Pacaso, which uses a “fractional home ownership” model to purchase private houses and convert them i…
Michael Roche is an Napa Valley artist, as well as an architect, brand guru, father of three, coach to many and a selfless volunteer. His wor…
When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its August report to the United Nations U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guter…
It is a busy year for Len Ramirez whose ability to find, capture and humanely transfer rattlesnakes snakes to wilderness locations has garnere…
Napa Valley photojournalist Tim Carl drinks wine and has made wine but he doesn't buy the arguments that wine is healthy.
"They call it Death Valley for a reason," writes photojournalist Tim Carl, who, with his son set out to explore this desert landscape on one d…
Growing up in Napa Valley, Kirk Venge dreamed of owning his own winery, and today with the help of an angel — his mother — and mentor Hugh Dav…
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Mark Herold’s first wine, Merus, made in his garage was an overnight success in the late 1990s. Although the world of wine has changed dramati…
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The fallout continues from a New York Times story reporting sexual harassment at the prestigious Court of Master Sommeliers.
The questions without answers about the problem of smoke taint in grapes are increasing as wildfires grow in magnitude in wine country.
The notorious rebobs of Partrick Road in Napa move north to terrify two young explorers.
The wine industry is facing a turning point. With consumer behaviors changing, slowing demand, shifting demographics and a growing chorus of v…
The epically challenged 2017 vintage that had early rains, heat spikes and devastating fires was on display at the recent Premiere Napa Valley…
The reasons for purchasing a Napa Valley vineyard and making wine abound, and every owner has a different story. For Kisha and Jason Itkin, it…
Napa’s newest winery just opened, and it is a game-changer — bringing both opportunities and omens. In what had been the Franciscan Estate Win…
I write about food and wine because I think about food and wine a lot. I spend my days pondering the business, products and people associated …
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Reading the March 12, 2018, edition of The New Yorker, I came across a piece called “The Spreading Vine” by Jiayang Fan. The article highlight…
The annual Premiere auction has come and gone, bringing in $4.1 million. The numbers were down for the third year in a row, although only slig…
In 2017, of the 19 million grapevines that nurseries sold to grape-growers in California, a staggering 37.4 percent were Cabernet Sauvignon, a…
Rolando Herrera and his wife Lorena had a dream — create their own Napa Valley winery. But what to call it? Waking early one morning, Rolando …
In 1976, Margaret and Dan Duckhorn founded a small winery. Their goal was to make a merlot wine from Napa Valley grapes that might stand up to…
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Constellation Brands, based in New York, owns numerous Napa Valley wineries — Mondavi, Franciscan, The Prisoner and many others — and is the s…
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