Taste of Wine

Much has been written about the poetry of wine and the lofty loveliness of each savory taste. There is no better wine family that ushers...

Chilean wines were born amidst the tragedy of the European phylloxera epidemics that decimated French wineries in the late 19th century. This disease nearly wiped...

The sixth annual San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival, a huge five-day celebration with the top names in wine and food, is good to...

In Italy there is very little rhyme or reason, only art and living with the heart. In the history of Italian wines there has never...

Despite the many white wine challengers to come along like Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Reisling and the like, Chardonnay continues to be the No....

Challenging times call for extraordinary strategies in the retail arena and the wine industry is no exception. As wine shops and wineries grow in number,...

The Malbec grape reminds me of a young Clint Eastwood when the actor tried to break into Hollywood as an action star but got lost...

If you’re like me and most of the known world, a 249-room elegant resort with a championship golf course and two French-Mediterranean eating areas cannot...

Rich, powerful, elegant and assertive are just a few of the descriptions of praise for the newly released 2004 Brunellos, considered to be the elite...

The fifth annual Southern California Wine Competition awards were presented recently at Wiens Family Cellars in Temecula. The Temecula Wine Society did the necessary work...

Wine has many benefits and serves us in so many ways. The custom of wine at special occasions goes back thousands of years. It rightly...

Janene Roberts knows more about Southern California wineries, wine bars and restaurants than anyone I know. For 10 years she has been guiding readers of...

When you meet Roberto (“Robbie”) Vigilucci, his warm hearted passion radiates an old-world charm Italians call “e’voglio bene” ( my great desire.) His Italian style...

It was only a little more than a year ago that I set foot on a dusty slope on the De Portola Trail of Temecula...

The previous column underlined the growing importance of Paso Robles as a major wine country with its more than 180 wineries emphasizing French Bordeaux and...