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The Flame Out of Napa Valley’s Iconic Wine Country

Beset by climate change and billionaire carpetbaggers, Napa Valley, California’s legendary wine-making eden, braces for an uncertain future Framed by the Vaca and Mayacamas mountains—30 miles long and five miles across at its widest point—Napa Valley is a place of uncommon beauty: Wooded knolls and forested mountain slopes contrast with tracts of vines sprawling across the valley floor and flowing up the hillsides. The vineyards glow sun-bright with mustard flowers in springtime, turn lush green in summer, blaze yellow and red in autumn as the leaves turn and the promising perfume of… Read More

Fred Franzia, champion of affordable wine who conceived ‘Two Buck Chuck,’ dies at 79

Fred Franzia dies; vintner changed the wine industry with “Two Buck Chuck” Fred Franzia once said that if you get a group of consumers together and have a blind tasting between his $2 wine and a $10 wine, most wouldn’t be able to taste the difference. “If you can’t tell the difference or taste the difference, then why spend the money?” he said. It’s a question he posed and acted on in a blind move of his own in the middle of the grape surplus of the early 2000s, creating his Charles… Read More

Garagiste Festival this weekend in Paso Robles, California

The award winning Garagiste Festival returns with another visit to Paso Robles, California this weekend November 9th and 10th.  More info at Garagiste Festival

California’s Renegade Winemakers Are Pouring Weird, Wonderful Wines – Los Angeles Magazine

They’re called “garagistes” and they’re changing the face—and taste—of California wine Source: California’s Renegade Winemakers Are Pouring Weird, Wonderful Wines – Los Angeles Magazine

Getting to Know California’s Best Unsung Wine Regions | Wine Enthusiast Magazine

{Beverly Hills Wine Club – Ahh, the central coast wine region has so much to offer…here’s another area to add to a future tasting tour} Largely overlooked, the Arroyo Grande and Edna Valleys illustrate the triumphs and challenges faced by California’s many wine regions. Here’s what to know. Source: Getting to Know California’s Best Unsung Wine Regions | Wine Enthusiast Magazine