When we visited the Dry Creek Valley last fall, we gave a full report on Mazzocco Sonoma winery and winemaker Antoine Favero along with our stay at its onsite Briar Cottage: Perlises Pick: Mazzocco Sonoma in the Fall of 2025 – Part 1 – Eve’s Wine and Spirits 101 Perlises Pick: Mazzocco Sonoma in the…
(Paso Robles, California) — The adoption of regenerative agriculture around the world over the last five years has been one of the most encouraging developments in sustainability. Within this movement, one wine region is setting the pace for viticulture: the Paso Robles American Viticultural Area (AVA) on California’s Central Coast. Of the few dozen U.S. wine…
I was recently offered the opportunity to try the same wines from Robert Hall in Paso Robles that were made two different ways: Regenerative Organic and Conventionally Farmed. If you know me you know that I have the unpopular opinion that I don’t care how the wine is made, organic or not, I just want…
The Fifth Annual Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience, May 14–17, 2026 HEALDSBURG, Calif., /PRNewswire/ — The Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience returns May 14–17, 2026 for a four-day celebration of Sonoma County’s farmers, growers, winemakers, and chefs alongside acclaimed wines from leading regions around the world. Set among the vineyards and rolling hills of Healdsburg in California wine country,…
Paso Robles, Calif., – McPrice Myers Wines is proud to announce the launch of a new Student Tasting Program, designed to make wine tasting more accessible to college and university students while helping support and inspire those interested in studying and pursuing careers in the wine and hospitality industry. Students who present a current, valid…
Château de Berne, five stars Relais & Châteaux in the heart of Provence, has joined the very exclusive circle of the 50 most beautiful vineyards in the world, ranking 43rd in The World’s 50 Best Vineyards 2025. It is now the only estate in Provence to feature in this international ranking. It even ranks 6th…
If you’ve been reading this series from the beginning about our latest visit to the Dry Creek Valley (and if you haven’t, why not?), you may recall that we added one more winery to our itinerary. When we were visiting with winemaker Antoine Favero at Mazzocco Sonoma, he graciously suggested that we pay a visit…
NAPA, Calif., /PRNewswire/ — Grgich Hills Estate, the iconic Napa Valley winery renowned for its role in elevating California wines to international acclaim, proudly introduces Paradise Block Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon,a limited-production wine marking a new era for the estate. The debut of Paradise Block demonstrates a defining moment for Grgich Hills Estate and its CEO and President,…
We spent Thanksgiving week wine tasting in Napa again this year, also adding in some time in Healdsburg in Sonoma County. It had been over ten years since I was in Sonoma, as Napa is my husband’s preference, but that has actually changed with this long-overdue visit for more than one reason. For one, the…
Ken and Diane Wilson began acquiring land and planting vines in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley in the 1980s. They started making wine when they bought the historic Fredson Winery in 1993 with its century-old tin barn. It is now known as Wilson Winery of Dry Creek. The redwood vats were replaced by modern tanks…