I had the chance to interview Bryan Zupon, the estate manager at Roy Estate, a distinguished Napa winery...
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I had the chance to interview Bryan Zupon, the estate manager at Roy Estate, a distinguished Napa winery...
Read This ArticleCherry Pie Wines began with a vision of making Burgundian-style Pinot Noirs expressed by different iconic vineyards and AVAs...
Read This ArticleClose to four years ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Barney,...
Read This ArticleAs promised, I’m continuing to work through some of the higher-end, interesting, or special occasion samples...
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Read This ArticleRiboli Family Wines is a story of reinvention. I could tell the story of when the...
Read This ArticleKelly Fleming, the owner of Kelly Fleming Wines, has always impressed me with her focus, her wine,...
Read This ArticleThere is a reason why merlot is one of the most popular red wine varietals in the world....
Read This ArticleAs Dallas finally broke it’s 47 days of over 100 temperatures (which sadly is not a record), it’s...
Read This ArticleThe story of Mela is a non-traditional one of breaking barriers. Let’s start with the...
Read This ArticleFifty-one years ago, Stu Smith made the decision to purchase 200 forested acres on the...
Read This ArticleSince 1886, Freemark Abbey Winery has been one of trailblazers in Napa Valley with a...
Read This ArticleEvery decision at Clif Family Winery must answer a question of betterment of planet, people,...
Read This ArticleEarlier this week, we celebrated International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural,...
Read This ArticleA few weeks ago, I posted about how unnecessary wine designation days (National Drink Wine Day as...
Read This ArticleDo you guys hear the sound of progress? It’s me having published three samples columns...
Read This ArticleIn 2022, I enter my twelfth year of blogging and post for the 659th time. Today...
Read This ArticleThe march on tackling samples continues and today I’m focused on wines that stood out...
Read This ArticleThis year I’ve gotten to dive deep with so many winemakers – mostly virtually – and...
Read This ArticleThe holidays are often expected to be joyful. After the death of loved ones, you find...
Read This ArticleConnection is the word I would use to describe my most recent trip to wine...
Read This ArticleElyse Vineyards – it’s a 33-year-old winery based on trust – a handshake, trust...
Read This ArticleThe perfect wine for pizza. A phrase often used, but in reality a lot of...
Read This ArticleIt’s been around a year since I posted what I am calling “my accountability challenge” to...
Read This ArticleWhile working for a wine distributor at Glazer Wine & Spirits (now Southern Glazers) in...
Read This ArticleKari Auringer didn’t set out to use her creativity and craftsmanship to make wine...
Read This ArticleRae Wilson didn’t come to Texas with the ambition of disrupting the wine industry. It...
Read This ArticleIt’s been 12 months since the pandemic officially began. Looking back, I estimate I have...
Read This ArticleStop Giving Merlot the Side Eye A Trip to Ehlers Estate Many Years Ago I’m not going to...
Read This ArticleEach Fall, it seems the horror sequel starts again for those who live in wine country. It’s fire season...
Read This ArticleJon Larson, Proprietor and Winemaker of Angwin Estate Vineyards, Photo Courtesy of Angwin Estates Jon Larson is the...
Read This ArticleLast Friday, the San Francisco Wine School gathered some of the top black Winemakers/Winery Owners, paired with...
Read This ArticleTom and Ashley Darling, Courtesy of Darling Wines Tom and Ashley Darling, co-owners of Sonoma’s Darling Wines, have a...
Read This ArticleStu Smith, the Enologist and Managing Partner for Smith-Madrone Winery, didn’t set out to own premium real...
Read This ArticleBest Samples for 2020 Today’s sample column evaluates 69 of the 128 wines that I’ve tasted over the past...
Read This ArticleVirtual Winemaker Experience in a Box Kit The invitation came in to become a “Virtual Winemaker for...
Read This ArticleIt’s amazing how one wine can bring back memories of eventful wine country trip exactly one decade later....
Read This ArticleFrom Prohibition to Pandemic: Mondavi Family’s History of Reinvention Mondavi Sisters: Alycia, Giovanna, Angelina and Riana, Photo Courtesy of the Mondavi...
Read This ArticleJason Guerra, Moët Hennessy Brand Ambassador, Heather Queen, Wine Concierge and Master Chef Adrien Nieto You may...
Read This ArticleIt’s crazy that 2019 has passed in a flash and a new year/decade has begun. Why not usher in...
Read This ArticleIt’s hard to believe it’s been ten years that I’ve been writing the Dallas Wine Chick blog. As we...
Read This ArticleMe and Vernon Wells from JACK Wines My first question to Vernon Wells, former Yankees baseball center fielder...
Read This ArticleJean-Charles Boisset and me Those who know Jean-Charles Boisset, the Vintner, Entrepreneur and Man of Mystery, realize that he...
Read This ArticleThis Wednesday is National Zinfandel Day. It is a day that is decreed by ZAP – the Zinfandel...
Read This ArticleSix Months of Wine Samples: A Summation of My Favorites It’s sample write-up time again and I held off longer...
Read This ArticleKelly Fleming, Kelly Fleming Wines Kelly Fleming, owner of Kelly Fleming Wines, original plan in Napa was just to build...
Read This ArticleThe Dallas Gang in Napa My birthday trip journey continued with a day in Napa Valley visiting three iconic vineyards that...
Read This ArticleFor Julio and Amalia Palmaz, of Palmaz Vineyards, the love affair with wine started after years of regular visits...
Read This ArticleWeston Eidson, Founder Silver Ghost Cellars and Montagu Wines I told the story about Weston Eidson, founder of Silver Ghost...
Read This ArticleSitting Down with Christophe Paubert: A Winemaker Legend from Stags’ Leap Winery Christophe Paulbert, Senior Winemaker Stags’ Leap Winery I...
Read This ArticleSitting down with Weston Eidson, founder of Silver Ghost Cellars and Montagu Wines, is a fascinating tale of the intersection...
Read This ArticleDuffy Keys, B Cellars, me and Kent Rathbun, Chef Duffy Keys, Co-Founder of B Cellars Vineyards and Winery, recently came...
Read This ArticleA Taste of Two Legends: Celebrating Legacy and Longevity for Morton’s The Steakhouse and The Mondavi Family Wineries in 2018...
Read This ArticleSpottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery: A Vertical Tasting of 30 Years of Family Winemaking Spottswoode’s CEO, Beth Novak Milliken, told...
Read This ArticleBob Shepard, Proprietor, Amici Cellars Amici Cellars began as a project of wine loving friends in 1990 who wanted to focus...
Read This ArticleIt’s time for another sample round up and I found that a theme emerged for me this quarter. I either...
Read This ArticleOne of this Summer’s wine studios was focused on the importance of rosé wine labels on #winestudio, a conversation about...
Read This ArticleShattering the Stereotypes of Napa: What I Learned at the Wine Writers’ Educational Tours Conference Years ago, I had a...
Read This ArticleRiana and Peter Mondavi Jr When Peter Mondavi celebrates a milestone, it is always done with pomp and circumstance with...
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