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…
With the pandemic, fires, floods, an untenable economic environment for workers and an unwillingness to acknowledge the harrowing times, the N…
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 …
In early March 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that “trade wars are good and easy to win.”
In Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises” one of the characters, Bill, asks his friend Mike how he went bankrupt. His friend’s now…
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…
I gripped the broom with two sweaty hands as my grandmother watched me sweep the kitchen floor. We were preparing for holiday guests and had b…
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Center’s website, there are three phases of traumatic stress from a disaster.
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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For years, the world of business, and especially the wine industry, has pinned its hopes for increased growth on the millennial generation (ro…
My stepsister has stage-4 breast cancer. She has lived with it for the last few years and is an example of strength and grace to all who know …
The ongoing fires in Northern California’s wine country are tragic beyond comprehension and have resulted in a still unknown but already too h…
The economy and the wine industry are charging ahead at a breakneck pace. However, some data suggests that what lies ahead might spell trouble…
“Lynn, just a reminder, I’m heading out again tonight,” I called to my wife from our living room as I readied for my trip up the California co…
Charity wine auctions have become synonymous with the Napa Valley’s wine culture. These auctions often support worthy causes and are portrayed…
Amazon’s recent purchase of Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion and its newly launched NEXT custom-labeled wine division spells trouble for m…
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