Winexpression

You have a friend in the wine business. The Sommelier at your neighborhood fine dining establishment is there to help. They make the evening enjoyable by offering a service that adds to the experience of eating out. The Wine section from the Chronicle this week printed a piece from Stephen Yafa who quizzed 4 of [...]

Boy I’m glad I published my show first, as Jason Priestly and friend have set out to do the exact same show as me: travel the world’s greatest wine regions while conversing with local vintners and wine lovers with hopes of educating viewers about wine. Hollywood and Vines, (could they have come up with a [...]

Maynard James Keenan is attempting to do just that. After already successfully navigating the music business as lead singer for Tool and A Perfect Circle, his new venture, Caduceus, is an extension of a love he found for wine. I remember a few years ago reading an article in Wine Spectator about how he had [...]

Basketballs that is. Oakville’s Screaming Eagle Winery has been sold for an undisclosed sum, (estimated around 20-30 Million), to Santa Barbara based Charles Banks (38), a money manager for NBA players and other athletes, and his business partner, entrepreneur Stanley Kroenke, owner of the Denver Nuggets and a real estate tycoon. The transaction was reported [...]

What happens when you take 5 of Long Islands best winemakers, a few prized barrels of Merlot from each winery, and throw them all together? You get Merliance, the new wine venture by the Long Island Merlot Alliance to showcase the complexity of this grape and the terrior from which it is grown. The [...]

For numbers people, buying wine is simple; buy the ones that rate well by critics, at the most affordable price, for the best value. Neil Monnens decided to take some of the legwork out of it for these people when he launched his website in 2004, QPRWines.com. The QPR (or Quality Price Ratio) index comes [...]

The Chronicle has done a great job with their wine section in the last few years. This week they honor Dan Duckhorn and the team at the Duckhorn Wine Co.
With two wines among our 10 favorites and two others on our Top 100, the Duckhorn Wine Co., founded by Dan and Margaret Duckhorn in [...]

Being the classy girl that she is, Christina Aguilera decided that a Napa Valley Winery - Staglin Family Vineyard, should play host for her wedding day. She must have taken a hint from Lindsay Lohan who is very familiar with Staglin after shooting the parent trap there in the late 90’s. 130 guests including Sharon [...]

Despite critics claims that Robert Parker is losing his edge, his reviews are still the gold standard throughout the world. This article highlights the effects his Australian report had on the wine auction market.

The release of Robert Parker Jr’s Wine Advocate and his Australia Report is always accompanied by much anticipation and trepidation for many [...]

The Chronicles Blake Gray was busy this week. With all of the attention the Santa Barbara area has gotten since the movie Sideways, it’s only natural that a grape other than Pinot Noir get it’s time in the spotlight. In fact, some in the area claim that the real local star is Syrah.
Aside from the [...]