From Alsace to Lake County: André Guéziec’s Bet on Mount St. Helena Vineyard
André Guéziec Credit: Karen Pavone André Guéziec did not grow up dreaming of owning a California vineyard, but rather in Sélestat, a small [...]
Buried in Sand, Built on Passion: Peirano Estate Vineyards in Lodi
Tasting Room Sign. Credit: Peirano Estate Vineyards Lodi has never been very good at bragging. While Napa built resorts and Sonoma polished its [...]
Chenoweth Winery and the Sonoma Fog That Still Calls the Shots
In Green Valley, mornings don’t exactly show up on schedule. […]
The Anderson Valley Wine Story Built by a Fire Captain, a Flight Attendant, and One Stubborn Goose
In Philo in Anderson Valley up in Mendocino County, Toulouse Vineyards began not as a polished wine-country destination but as a practical idea rooted in [...]
Inside the Micro-Winery Guild’s Break From Napa’s Corporate Luxury Wine Machine
Credit: Micro-Winery Guild Napa Valley has become expensive enough that it is easy to forget who actually built it. The valley now runs on architecture, [...]
The Weight of the Land, the Heart of Lodi: Mikami Vineyards
Credit: Mikami Vineyards Jason Mikami didn’t grow up dreaming about stainless tanks or bottle labels. He grew up in a vineyard that felt [...]
Fair Play, No Gimmicks: Inside Bumgarner Winery
Credit: Bumgarner Winery Brian Bumgarner has always been a maker. Not a dabbler. Not a sampler. A maker in the old sense—hands first, [...]
Tacking Early, Why Staysail Wines Chose Grenache—and Never Looked Back
Credit: Staysail Wines The first thing Matt McDermaid learned on the water was that hesitation is expensive. In sailing, the mistake isn’t [...]
Canard Vineyards: Listening to the Land, A Napa Valley Story
Credit: Canard Vineyards There are places in Napa Valley where the land announces itself immediately—dramatic hillsides, volcanic cuts, sweeping views engineered for postcards. [...]
From Happy Trails to Happy Canyon: Grassini Family Vineyards in Santa Barbara
Credit: Silas Fallstichwww.fullframefotos.us The trip west didn’t come with a plan. Just a red Volkswagen van, a peace sign taped in the window, [...]
Looking Back on a Defining Year at Starfield Vineyards in El Dorado County
Credit: Starfield Vineyards Starfield Vineyards sits high above Placerville on a 2,400-foot ridge in Apple Hill, where rows of vines roll downhill toward lakes, forest [...]
The Art of Hossfeldness: Crafting Balance and Grit in Napa’s Steep Vineyards
Credit: Alison Watkins Imagine two 29-year-olds in 1981, standing on a steep, rocky knoll at around 1,000 feet elevation high above the Napa [...]
Inside Trisaetum Winery: Two Decades of Willamette Farming and Family Vision
Credit: Trisaetum Winery After the 2025 harvest, James Frey finally had a moment to reflect on the journey that transformed steep, rocky land [...]
Sealionne: Born From Motion and the Wild Hills of Ribbon Ridge
When the world shut down in 2020, Piper Underbrink and her husband, Ben Stalker, found freedom in motion. With public spaces closed and human contact [...]
Family, Patience, and Pinot at Winter’s Hill in the Dundee Hills
Credit: Winter’s Hill Estate The road to Winter’s Hill Estate twists through oak and vine into Oregon’s Dundee Hills, where red volcanic soil [...]
Lava Cap’s Tectonic Series: A Family’s Bond with the Land, Bottled
Credit: Lava Cap Winery Perched among the highest vineyards in the El Dorado AVA, Lava Cap is a place where land and lineage meet. Here, [...]
Commoner Wines: Wine for a Tuesday Night in the Heart of Sacramento
Coming to you commercially in Greater Sacramento in early 2026… Credit: Commoner Wines Wine doesn’t have to come with a white tablecloth or [...]
Eternal Wines Brings Buffalo Grit and Walla Walla Soul Into Every Bottle
There’s nothing necessarily flashy about Walla Walla, Washington. Seasons here don’t follow clocks; they’re ruled by the weather, the heat, the cold, and the harvest. Wine grows from dirt, shaped by sun and sweat. It’s a place for people who want to make something real, not polished or predictable.
Harvest Intern: Point of No Return
California, late August—the valley stinks of dust, diesel, and dead insects baked flat on the highway. Trucks roar by with their payload of sugar bombs, [...]
Project Zin Marks 15 Years of Zinfandel, Community, and Compassion
Sonoma County’s premier charity wine event returns August 16, 2025 at Bricoleur Vineyards Project Zin, one of Sonoma County’s most beloved charity wine gatherings, celebrates [...]
Sonoma Wine BID: A Marketing Bridge to Nowhere
Vines in Sonoma County demand authenticity Why a proposed wine tax isn’t landing where it’s aimed In Sonoma County, the vines don’t care about strategic [...]
Ditch the Dusty Wine List: How Smart Restaurants Are Turning Corkage into Customer Gold
For years, corkage fees have been the quiet fight playing out at the white tablecloth. Wine lovers roll their eyes at paying $30 to open [...]
Rooted and Evolving — How Booker Keeps Breaking Ground in Paso Robles
Booker Winery. Credit: Booker Winery Drive west out of Paso Robles, past the head-trained vines and slow-curving two-lane roads, and the landscape shifts. Hills rise. [...]
Blood of Gods: Sunday at The Rat & Other Holy Sacraments
A Boston punk show knocked me flat. Several decades later, a wine zine reminded me why that mattered The Floor Was Sticky. The Air Was [...]
Intentus: Alan Viader’s Pursuit of Purpose and Place
Alan Viader didn’t find his way into winemaking—he was born into it. Raised on Howell Mountain amid his family’s vineyards, summers meant fieldwork, not vacations. By nine, he was already helping with harvest.