Vinography Images: Vineyard Snow
Vineyard Snow
UKIAH VALLEY, CA: Rows of head-pruned zinfandel grapevines stand as winter sentinels in this Mendocino County photo taken at Eaglepoint Ranch. Happy New Year!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Download this image by right-clicking on the image and selecti...
And From Napa, a Huge Sigh of Relief
Warning: non-news ahead. The only reason I'm writing this article is because a couple of months ago, I did some speculating in my monthly column for Jancis Robinson about what would happen in Napa now that the reins for reviewing the region have been ...
Dutton-Goldfield Winery, Russian River Valley: Some Current Releases
What's hot in the wine world tends to focus the most attention. The newest superstar winemaker. The hot new vineyard. The latest cult wine brand. The stratospheric auction results in Hong Kong. But in so many ways, these bright lights are not at all ...
Vinography Images: Vineyard Snowman
Vineyard Snowman
ALEXANDER VALLEY, CA - 2007: A plastic snowman next to a vineyard brings holiday levity on a dark winter day in Sonoma County, California. Happy holidays from Vinography!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Download this image by right-clicking on the i...
Bringing Your Own Wine Glasses to a Restaurant
It's not every day as a wine blogger you get to write about Madonna. But she made news recently (as she does every time she appears in public, because, hey, what better do we have to do with our time?) when she showed up at an Italian restaurant for a...
2011 Tests U.S. Vintners
'Mildew, botrytis, blue mould, green mould, you name it, it was everywhere. This is the most difficult vintage I've ever been a part of', said winemaker Sam Spencer, summing up his point of view on the 2011 vintage in Napa and Sonoma. Spencer's role at...
2012 ZAP Zinfandel Festival: January 26-28, 2012
Dark fruit in short days
berries bitter sweet and young
pass your smiling lips.
It's that time of year again. I know of no other event that seems to bring out the inner wine lover in so many San Franciscans more than the annual ZAP (Zinfandel Advoca...
Vinography Images: Winter Wine Country
Winter Wine Country
HEALDSBURG, CA: Gnarled old zinfandel grapevines stand against a backdrop of snow in the mountains surrounding Sonoma County's Alexander Valley on March 1, 2011. Northern California's heavy winter rains and snowpacks in 2011 eased...
2001 York Creek Vineyards Cabernet Franc, Spring Mountain District, Napa
One of the most gratifying experiences I have as a wine lover and very, very small time wine collector involves pulling a dusty bottle off the shelf from where it has slumbered for years, and popping it open to find an utterly fantastic wine. I don't ...
Looking for Bias in All the Wrong Places
Do wine critics have a nationalist bias? According to Beppi Crosariol, the wine and spirits columnist for Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper, wine critics from any country with a significant wine industry (but especially America and Australia) can't be ...
Vinography Images: Orange Rows
Orange Rows
ALEXANDER VALLEY: Rows of hillside Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard turn a brilliant orange and red color in this Sonoma County, California, fall landscape photo.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Download this image by right-clicking on the image and selecti...
Ensuring Organic Wine’s Lousy Reputation for Years to Come
I'll bet you didn't know there was an anti-sulfur lobby did you? Sure, you thought, there are those winemakers who try to make wines without sulfur, but they're mostly renegades and eccentrics, mad scientist winemakers-cum-philosophers (all, by the way...
