Food/Wine

In addition to receiving a number of requests for the names of wineries to visit in Napa Valley, a good friend called the other day and a...

The Fourth of July is a great day to spend outdoors with family and friends, which is why it is considered one of the biggest barbecue da...

In the early 1960s the Louis Martini family purchased some land in eastern Napa Valley that they would eventually plant as a vineyard. On...

Several years ago, my wife and I were dining with three other couples and I was asked to order wine for the table.

Walk into one of our local gourmet markets or small wine shops, and you will most likely find a fairly large display of Stanley Lambert w...

When “port” is mentioned, many think of an after-dinner drink to be shared among friends along with a good cigar, but in my opinion the c...

A close friend suggested that champagne and June weddings would be a great topic for a column and then within a matter of days, I volunte...

Have you ever grabbed that special bottle of wine that you’ve been holding onto for the last five or so years — you know the one that you...

Two million bottles. It is hard to believe that Kendall-Jackson produced more than two million bottles of their 2007 Vintner’s Reserve Ch...

Wineries get it. They understand that readers send me angry e-mails when I write about $40 wines and tell me I'm a fine fella when I desc...

Life goes on despite the economy. Graduations, weddings, anniversaries are rites of passage that call for celebratory meals with fine, co...

If you were going to create a winery, wouldn't it be nice to start from scratch? You could if you were a multimillionaire businessman lik...

Grass, sagebrush and herbs. Slate, wet stones and mouth-puckering citrus. Mango, kiwi and ruby-red grapefruit. Flavorless viscosity, like...

Here's a sign of the times: The new website gobyo.com has easy-to-use listings of restaurants in 10 U.S. metropolitan areas -- including ...