Our visit to Blankiet Winery and The Blankiet Wine Team on their latest offering…Port

On a recent tasting trip to Napa Valley California, amid wild-fire evacuations and Covid 19 restrictions, Beverly Hills Wine Club Executive Director Jason Pate explored some of Napa’s cult favorite winemakers and wineries including Blankiet Estate in Yountville. In early 2019 I visited with our friends at Beverly Hills Wine Merchant @winemerchantbh and was given a recommendation to try the 2014 Prince of Hearts from Blankiet Estate of Napa. At the time I hadn’t heard of @blankietestate and I put the bottle in the cellar until later that year. After finally tasting… Read More

Jean-Charles Boisset—Biodynamic Wine Wizard Of Burgundy And California

A $400 million empire built on healthy soils   Jean-Charles Boisset is showman and entrepreneur, visionary and dynamo, storyteller and entertainer. He also manages (with his sister Nathalie) a $400 million empire—Boisset Collection that includes dozens of international wineries associated with choice terroirs in Burgundy, the Rhone Valley and Beaujolais in France, as well as in Napa and Sonoma valleys in California. They also own wineries in England and India. All adhere to organic principles, and several are certified as biodynamic. Boisset—in his early 50’s—is a big thinking gregarious character, an accomplished… Read More

Wondering What Makes A “Cult Classic” Wine? Wonder No More.

Few wines have reached the same iconic status as Beaulieu Vineyard’s Georges de Latour Private Reserve, find out why. Ever wondered what makes a wine a “cult classic”? If the answer is yes, keep on reading because few wines have reached the same iconic status as Beaulieu Vineyard’s Georges de Latour Private Reserve. During the Depression, BV’s newly appointed winemaker Andre Tchelistcheff chose to create this Napa Valley red wine which would ultimately become the de Latour family’s “private reserve” wine and winery flagship offering. Fast forward to today, and it’s the… Read More

Vista Collina Resort to open as new luxury concept in California’s Wine Country 

The Vista Collina Resort from Pacific Hospitality Group is scheduled to open in Napa Valley, California this July. Source: Vista Collina Resort to open as new luxury concept in California’s Wine Country | Hotel Management

Top 10 California Wine Country Events 

Here are ten of the best and most interesting California wine country events our Golden State has to offer this year. Source: Top 10 California Wine Country Events – discover.wineaccess.com