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This story is perhaps overtold, but to this day, when we talk about Santa Barbara, the first thing that probably comes to people’s mind is the 2004 film Sideways. Yes, thanks to that film, the wines, particularly those made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay (unfortunately not Merlot), have captured the attention of consumers and collectors. But the setting of the film was made possible by the community of winemakers that believed in Santa Barbara, and their presence was able to…
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Schiava: The Alpine Red You Should Be Drinking
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- June 26, 2026 Dorothy J. Gaiter & John BrecherSome restaurants care about their wines by the glass. And there are still some good values in Burgundy. These forces collide only once every 53 years, but when they do, watch out. We’re only joking about the 53 years, but this column was born of our celebration of our 53rd anniversary, which happened to coincide with the NBA Finals in…
- June 19, 2026 Lisa DenningIt's known as the Cradle of Wine, yet many Americans think of a U.S. state when they hear its name. The country of Georgia, located in the South Caucasus between Europe and Asia, is home to the oldest known evidence of winemaking. Archaeologists discovered traces of grape residue in Stone Age clay vessels south of what is now Tbilisi, dating…
- June 12, 2026 Dorothy J. Gaiter & John BrecherWe all need some good news these days and here it is, though it is also bittersweet. We have been working for more than two years to find the ending to this story. In 1976, a former professor of European history named Jerry Seps and his wife, Sigrid, visited Napa Valley and fell in love with a spot north of…
June 9, 2026 Lisa DenningChris Walsh makes wine in a garage. Not the two-car garage at his grandparents’ house, where he launched End of Nowhere in 2016, but a larger one: his father’s former auto shop. After years spent working in New York City, first in lighting design and then in the wine world, Walsh returned home to Amador County in the Sierra Foothills,…
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Enough with the 100 point scale. Maybe we'd be better off with a four-point one?
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"Flutes?" asked Sebastian Zutant, a leading sommelier in Washington, D.C., with obvious disdain. "We're adults; we use real wine glasses."
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Washington is the second-largest wine producer in the U.S. and we’ve been fans for a long time. In our last...
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