An Insider’s Guide to Surviving Barrel Tasting in Sonoma
We offer you several tips for enjoying the event like an adult, and avoiding the hordes.
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Robert Parker Protégé Antonio Galloni Leaves The Wine Advocate to Launch New Web Venture
He's launching a bloglike thing that will bear his name.
Coi Kicks Off a Year of Monthly Winemaker Dinners This Month
It starts with Josh Jensen of Calera Winery.
Acquerello Team Opening a New Spot on Polk; Zinfandel Festival This Weekend
Also, chef shuffle at La Condesa.
Try Lots of Wine This Weekend at Winter WINEland in Sonoma
The Northern Sonoma Wine Road is hosting their 21st annual winter tasting event.
Orange Wine Already Over, Say Two Wine Writers
Before the majority of wine drinkers have even heard of orange wine, two wine writers are already tired of the wine world fad.
Tank 18, SoMa’s New Urban Winery, Opens January 26
They're opening with a BYO-Bottle party - bring a washed-out wine bottle and they'll fill it for eight bucks.
The World’s Youngest Master Sommelier, Roland Micu, Was a High School Dropout
Also, his first exposure to wine was at a South Bay pizza chain.
The French Are Annoyed That Obama Is Serving California ‘Champagne’ at Inauguration
Korbel has made a special bottle of "Inaugural Cuvée Champagne," and the French wish it said, "California Champagne," or sparkling wine.
Wine Kitchen Softly Opens Tonight on Divis
There will be an ambitious small-plates menu and an international wine list.
Taste Your Way Through 35 Champagnes Tonight at Arlequin
Starting at 5 p.m. today, Arlequin Wine Merchant (384A Hayes Street), the shop owned by the Absinthe folks, is doing their annual champagne tasting featuring 35 champagnes from around the French region, including those from producers Jacquesson, Lassaigne, Benoit Lahaye,...
Wine Kitchen Getting Set to Open on Divisadero
It's going to be a wine bar and small plates restaurant on the ever-gentrifying Divisadero corridor.
Famed Italian Winery Hit by Vandals Destroying $25 Million Worth of Wine
Case Basse di Soldera, a top producer of Brunello di Montalcino, may have had it coming for a while.
We Didn’t Always Have Chardonnay Growing Everywhere
"It was the very first wine that my parents made, and it was also the style that they wanted to make, which had not yet been made in California. It was a new concept. It was 1965. You figure there...
Sneak a Peek at Tank 18, SoMa’s Newest Wine Tasting Room
It's a full-scale urban winery and tasting room, at Howard and 10th.
Aquitaine, a New Wine Bar From Laurent Manrique, Coming to Former John Walker Space
It will open by spring.
Coppola Releases His First Rubicon Wine Under the Inglenook Label
The storied, defunct brand is finding new life under Coppola's direction.