Sonoma

Tasting articles Patrick Campbell's iconic Sonoma estate is now under new management. Has it changed? Sonoma County receives far less attention for...

Free for all The Petaluma Gap AVA in Sonoma and Marin counties has finally been approved today after a long delay, making Petaluma...

Free for all 19 October 2017 The death toll as a result of these terrible fires in northern California wine country has risen...

Tasting articles As fires continue to rage unpredictably in northern California wine country, Elaine asks us all to support the industry there...

Tasting articles As a foretaste of her in-depth look at Cabernets from a region more readily associated with other varieties, Elaine Chukan...

Wines of the week From $60.99, 65 Swiss francs, £64.99, €75 Find this wine I am a horribly stingy scorer. For a young, non-classic...

Inside information Sonoma’s proposed Petaluma Gap AVA – known for its Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah – is all but approved but...

Tasting articles I have been enjoying Kistler wines for virtually as long as they have been available, soon after the enterprise was...

Tasting articles See West Sonoma Coast – a guide for the other tasting articles in this series. ‘In 1996 when we found...

Tasting articles See West Sonoma Coast – a guide for the other tasting articles in this series. At the heart of the...

Tasting articles See West Sonoma Coast – a guide for the other tasting articles in this series. The West Sonoma Coast is...

Inside information Bill Foley is rapidly becoming a big cheese in West Coast winemaking, evidenced by his latest winery purchase, Sebastiani Vineyards...

Don't quote me The buzz I hear around town isn’t only about the incredibly early, frost-shrunk 2008 grape crop. In a move that...

Don't quote me Those familiar with the wines of Sonoma’s Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards & Winery, and the magnificent Healdsburg estate itself, should...

Inside information California’s 2008 harvest got off to an extraordinarily early start on 1 Aug, a month sooner than what is regarded...

Tasting articles Ed Sbragia, Beringer Vineyards’ winemaker/wine master since 1984 and a 32-year-veteran of the Napa Valley winery, is stepping away from...