Villa Maria McDiarmid Hill Chardonnay 2022 ($55) was a single vineyard treat with a panoply of tropical fruit, fig and ...

Malolactic fermentation is a naturally occurring process in wine. It helps to tame astringency in red wines and can offer ...

Sulphur Mountain sits 3,000 feet above Ventura County, looming directly above the Ojai Valley Inn. Not quite as tall as the Topa Topas to the north, where exposed shale glows ...

Cakebread Cellars continues to wow wine lovers with its commitment to innovation, sustainability and perfect pours. Cakebread's stunning Napa vineyard.PHOTO COURTESY OF CAKEBREAD CELLARS A ...

I hate airports. I may have mentioned this once or a dozen times before, especially when a trip is imminent or just concluded. Airports seem to me sterile, anxious, claustrophobic ...

Closed to all visitors, Castello Solicchiata dates to the mid-1800s and belongs to a noble family that settled in Sicily ...

Among California’s most successful winemakers, Chris Carpenter is an anomaly. So is the wine he’s best known for making: Cardinale, a $400 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon not from one vineyard or even ...

Dan Goldfield, cofounder and winemaker of Dutton-Goldfield Winery, is stepping back from daily operations after 26 years.

TOWN dinners, hosted by Alex Harris and Art Murray, offer unconventional, themed dining experiences in Healdsburg. With burlesque performances, art and upcoming Spaghetti Western theme, the series has ...

Chateau Montelena, the Napa Valley winery renowned for its pivotal role in establishing American wine on the global ...

A 45-year-old wine industry veteran died a month after a head-on collision with a Washington State Patrol trooper in ...

The reporter, inveterate traveler, home winemaker, keen political observer and raconteur John Intardonato died Jan. 7 at age ...