When you go to Benziger , be prepared for a long visit as there is lots to do here. For starters, this is a winery that is far off the main drag from other Sonoma wineries so getting there is a journey. It is located up a small, windy mountain ...

Barbara Drady, who owns Affairs of the Vine and the famous Wine Boot Camp, asked me to help her out this week run a corporate training, team-building seminar which is impressive on its own right. Ms. Drady sets these events up at various wineries but this particular training seminar was ...

Downtown Healdsburg is a lovely place to visit; full of quaint shops, delightful art galleries, enticing restaurants, and a handful of tasting rooms. However, if you limit your jaunting to only the square, you will undoubtedly miss one of the best selections of wines -- not only in the neighborhood ...

I've been reading some wine books here and there, and without naming any titles, I have to say that one of the unfortunate common problems is that the maps are really, really bad. It's a pretty frustrating situation. I've played around a bit with Google Earth, and I think it could be a tool to create better appellation maps. There are plenty of benefits - you can show various climate data, like...

I started this blog roughly a year ago w/ the hopes and dreams that Brooklyn’s enological potential would finally be realized, putting the bum’s borough up w/ global wine giants the likes of Bordeaux, Tuscany and the Mosel. Well folks, it appears that dream has become realized through the blood, ...

Mosel growers have won approval for the name change of Mosel-Saar-Ruwer appellation, into simply 'Mosel...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: victor hong Post Time: 06-15-2008 at 03:23 AM

Chile is set to undertake a radical overhaul of its winemaking appellations.