Winexpression

A couple of books on sale now at Costco. They all look like great deals, so drop by your local warehouse and grab one for that bare spot on your coffee table.
The Encyclopedic Atlas of Wine by Catherine Fallis ($33.99 USD)
The Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia by Tom Stevenson ($29.99 USD)
The World of Wine - Special Edition […]

The season’s first rain hit the valley yesterday with more rain expected tomorrow, but this shouldn’t adversely affect most vineyards since harvest is almost over. This year’s harvest came a little later than normal because of the unusually cool spring, summer, and fall weather. Many wineries were wrapping up the harvest this week. Early rainfall […]

El Paso De Roblas is a warm wine growing region in Central California. A bit inland, temperatures frequently get into the 100’s in the summer, making it an ideal location for many Rhone varietals and Zinfandel. But the calcareous Limestone soils in some areas have also lent themselves to the growing of Pinot Noir. Since […]

The latest version of Parker’s acclaimed look on the greatest wine in the world is available for order from Amazon today. It’s already made it into the top 6,000 in sales for the day.
Over the past twenty-five years, renowned critic Robert M. Parker, Jr., has visited both legendary and fledgling wineries all over the world […]

Last night at 8:00 you may have caught the 1 hour documentary on Robert Mondavi on Channel 4 KRON if you live in the Bay Area. If you didn’t, well then you didn’t miss much according to Chronicle Staff Writer David Wilegand. Google Video shows us some screen shots and dialogue, but Video playback […]

In continuation from last week, where the 5th most popular winery searched for on Wine Spectator was Silver Oak, we move this week to the 4th - Columbia Crest.
4. Columbia Crest “World Renowned. Washington Grown.” (Website)
Since it’s first vintage in 1984, this relatively new Washington winery continues to dazzle the palates of wine reviewers like […]

A few years ago, a grey haired, plump, wine wholesaler got lucky. There had been a fire at a large storage facility for wine, destroying much of the inventory. However, some of the bottles weren’t near the main fire, suffering only a minor rise in temperature and smoke damage. This man knew he could capitalize […]

As arson has been confirmed as the cause of the large fire in a Vallejo wine storage facility last week Wednesday that destroyed 100 million USD in wine, victims and investigators are left asking the question, why? What was the motive behind such a horrible crime? Government officials and investigators continue to peace the story […]

Strolling through Hearst Castle this weekend in San Simeon, I stumbled across a few rooms my wife and I hadn’t seen before. The kitchen for one, was large and stocked with quality wines that were accessible without having to delve into the cellar. 1925 Chateau Margaux? No Problem! Grab a glass and enjoy. (click either […]

The Book, The “Botanist and the Vintner” tells the tale of the worst scourge ever to hit the wine industry. In the late 19th Century, vintners were interested in seeing how native American vines planted in the old country would respond. The result was catastrophic, bankrupting many growers and wineries, nearly wiping our the industry […]