--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TAKE THE WHY DID YOU BUY THAT WINE SURVEY. CLICK HERE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Milla Handley is one of those folk who helped define an appellation. She's been producing wines from the Anderson Valley since the early 80s. Between her, Ted Bennett at...

Meetings took me to Bucklin's Old Hill Ranch today. You never forget what time of year it is when you step into this vineyard. Will Bucklin tells me that the vibrancy of color that is Fall at Old Hill Ranch...

I got to Bucklin's Old Hill Ranch this morning around 7:50am. They were finishing up the harvest of this 150 year old, dry farmed, organic vineyard that was begun yesterday. I was the last to arrive. Will Bucklin, vineyard consultant...

Came across a fascinating article by Susanne Johnston in the Summit Daily News. Ms. Johnston is a retailer and seems to know here wine. At one point in the article on the subject of terroir she translates this french word...

I think casting an askance eye at Biodynamic farming in the wine industry might be a case of ....that's been done. For all the talk of Biodynamicism of late, there has been a decent chorus of folk who question it's...

I think it was Christopher Hitchens who said, and I paraphrase, Assertions offered with no evidence can be dismissed without evidence. I was thinking about this, and other things, as I read this amazing comment from Michel Rolland, the French...

I don't think any other growing region in California has so purposely gone out of its way to associate its climate and soils with particular varietals as the Anderson Valley and its wineries. A few years ago, making the point...

I don't know what the traffic stats are for the wine blog THE ZINQUISITION. However, I do know it should be higher than it is, higher than most wine blogs in fact, given the quality of the posts that St....

Where does the most Wine Spectator Magazine stand on Pinot Noir? It's a pretty broad question. So, here is the broad answer: I took at look at the Wine Spectator's reviews of Pinot Noirs in specific regions for the vintages...

I've always been more of a fan of Star Trek Next Generation than the first series. Jean Luc Picard just struck me as someone I'd much prefer to hang out with. Also, the gadgets in Next Gen were much better...