James Knight
Get Boont
The little wine weekend formerly known as the International Alsace Varietals Festival is back from its “gap year.” And, if chardonnay’s your thing, the...
Making It
As I traipse up and down a strip of Commerce Blvd., the first question I have about Old Caz is not whether the brewery’s...
Bloody Good
This New Year, I’ve resolved to buy more organic products. I’ll support local farmers at the farmers market. And, of course, I’ll cut back...
Occidental Wines’ notable pinot
If I’d been asked to find a winery called Occidental Wines without a Google Maps assist, I’d have been lost in the hills.
But if...
Aha, Rioja
When I say Burgundy, you say Pinot Noir—the red wine grape of Burgundy that’s also made the Russian River Valley a famous wine region....
Pious Pinot
Surely the labors of countless vignerons in medieval Burgundy, centuries ago, were meant to produce a varietal wine that pairs particularly well with the...
Rock On
The smoke wasn’t quite as thick this year in wine country, but the love needn’t be any thinner. That spirit was on full display...
The Giving Grog
Traffic light. Disheveled dude, standing on the traffic island, turns to you with his cardboard sign. “Hungry—please help.” Buy a bottle of 2017 Frank...
Capo Taste-o
James Knight
It’s hard to imagine this corner of the world without Healdsburg.
But it was new to Mary Roy when, seeking a breather from an...
Rut Causes
Although Point Reyes Station catches more than a few sunrays on a recent late-August day, the northern tip of the Seashore, which is administered...
