Mr. Chardonnay ABCs
by Chuck and Matt Ortman It has become fashionable in some circles to subscribe to the “ABC” school of white wine—as in, Anything But Chardonnay....
Category: Intoxicating Beverages
Ken Volk, Winemaker
She reached right past the bottle of white wine to fill her glass with the red, a Kenneth Volk Vineyards Merlot. The Merlot was excellent—Ken...
Grower Champagne
Fear. It permeates the air when you walk into a fine wine shop or peruse the extensive wine list of a top-notch restaurant. Fear of...
Wine Regions
Lompoq Wine Trail and Wine Ghetto Monterey Wine Vintners and Growers Association Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance San Luis Obispo Vintners Association Santa Barbara County...
Giving Grapes: Mano Tinta
Grapes are a generous bunch. Each cluster offers dozens of individual packages of sugars and tannins, seeds and skins. “Have more,” this fruit seems to...
Artisano: Wine, Food, Art, Yum
In today’s gourmet food and fine wine world, the descriptor “artisan” gets rather overused, don’t you think? When the shelves of Costco and Trader Joe’s...
