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April 18, 2013
New Wine Region to Watch: China
In less than two decades, wine has gone from sideshow to main attraction at dinner parties in China. According to a The Wall Street Journal article, "China as a Vast Wine Market," wine sales grew by 20% between 2011 and 2012 -- to about $41 billion. Meanwhile, as highlighted by PRI's The World, a ... More >>
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April 10, 2013
What Does Climate Change Mean For CA's Wine Industry?
A new study out this week looks at the wine industry through the lens of climate change. The study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that many of the current wine producing regions in the world will be less suitable for wine production, and that at le ... More >>
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March 28, 2013
Q & A With Lou Amdur: Glazed Hams, Slutty Chardonnays What to Drink at Easter
See also: L.A.'s Wine Bars Are Better Than Ever. Here Are Our Seven Favorites Lou Amdur, may have sold his cozy, Laundromat-and-Thai massage parlor adjacent Hollywood strip mall wine bar, LOU, last March. But he still has that gift for being able to effortlessly hold forth on all things wine and fo ... More >>
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January 24, 2013
The American Wine Market: More Good News
Market research from the Wine Market Council, in its annual analysis of the American drinks market provides more irrefutable evidence that the United States is becoming a wine culture. The country's drinking habits continue to move toward wine above beer and spirits, making it as the fastest growing ... More >>
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January 3, 2013
Naked Wines: Invest In A Winemaker (And Drink The Benefits)
If your resolutions include expanding your wine fridge offerings beyond Trader Joe's corporate specials, UK-based Naked Wines opened a Napa outpost last year with a wine program that, in theory at least, makes small-batch bottles straight from winemakers more affordable. The California winemaker's ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2012
Robert M. Parker Jr. Steps Down as Wine Advocate Editor
In a stunning turn of events, the Wall Street Journal reports that Robert M. Parker, Jr., the single most driving force in the wine industry in the last 30 years, wine's most influential critic and populist, is stepping down from editing his influential journal The Wine Advocate. According to Let ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2012
Serge Hochar and Chateau Musar: Wine From the Cradle of Civilization
If you're into wine and were in Los Angeles this weekend, you were probably hovering around the Wine Spectator's Wine Experience, a wine affair that sponsors compelling panel discussions (another excuse, like you need it, to drink in the morning) and splendid wine tastings involving California's an ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
The International Pinot Noir Celebration: 300 Wines, 75 Producers, 700 Participants A Movie
While most of the city's denizens of drink were in NOLA celebrating Cocktail Tales and learning indelible lessons on what to drink when, and where, and in what century, I was in Oregon's Willamette Valley at the International Pinot Noir Celebration, an annual event now 26 years strong which does as ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2012
Q & A With Shafer Vineyards' Elias Fernandez: Summer Wines, Cycling The Upside of High School Band Practice
Elias Fernandez has been the winemaker at Shafer Vineyards in Napa for 28 years -- a lifetime in winemaking terms. While some winemakers hop from winery to winery over their careers, Fernandez says he prefers "the community, the quality" of working for the same vineyard that snatched him fresh out o ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2012
Natural Wine: An Explanation Where to Find It
What's in a glass of wine? The answer might be surprising. Wine is basically spoiled grape juice. (Whoever first ingested it millennia ago: hat tip.) But these days wine's ingredients can also contain a laundry list of adds in's: sulfur dioxide, egg whites, oak chips, water and numerous chemical ad ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2012
Rhone Rangers Wine Tasting at Vibiana This Sunday
Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir are the beloved trinity of most wine drinkers. There are many more varietals out there and this Sunday's (June 3) fifth annual Rhone Rangers Tasting at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles showcases wines grown from 22 American Rhone grape varietals. Chief a ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2012
5 Dog-Friendly Winery Tasting Rooms
A love for wine and dogs can co-exist. People take their pets everywhere these days--dining and drinking out, no exception. Although Los Angeles has approved pets on restaurant patios (per the recent Squid Ink post), rules prohibit them inside. Nor are they welcome at bars or in the tasting rooms at ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2012
Dom Perignon's Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy: Champagne, Rainstorms Brutality
Making a prestige cuvee in Champagne is a process so exacting that a Champagne winemaker's title isn't 'winemaker,' it's Chef de Cave, a title that conveys the fact that, despite being subject to the whims of vintage, Champagne is an assemblage, the product of the cellar, and a chef. Indeed great Ch ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
10 California Summer Wine Events
Summer is a wine-drinking marathon in California, and up and down the coast, each weekend brings pleasant opportunities to imbibe outside. The diversity of events reflects the state's varied wine-growing regions. Those on hotel grounds come with a room night package -- a smart way to go. Because i ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
Wine Cellar: Master Sommelier Richard Betts on "Feral" Chardonnay
We've long been keen on winemaker Greg La Follette's Pinot Noir style, his bagpipe back story and the Friday night Bingo shirts he sports at wine tasting events. He's also weathered the wine business long enough that he doesn't worry about telling the whole wine truth, and nothing but the truth (so ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
In Memory Of A Fundraiser: Wally's Central Coast Wine & Food Event Ends Its 8 Year Run
Wally's Central Coast Wine & Food Celebration, a nonprofit wine and food tasting event that began eight years ago to support the Michael Bonaccorsi Scholarship Fund, has unexpectedly been cancelled this year. "We just don't have a place to do the event," says the event's volunteer publicist, Janni ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Colorado Wine Company Celebrates 7 Years
There is no seven-year itch for the Colorado Wine Company. The Eagle Rock wine shop is more popular than ever with customers who are drawn to owner Jen Morgan and John Nugent's all-inclusive approach to selling wine and the unpretentious vibe of their weekly wine tastings. "I would say it's our rel ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Pinot Days Is Back: How To Fit 80 Wine Producers Into An Airport Hangar A Special Discount
JGarbeeThe Pinot Days Aftermath At Barker HangerWith so many wine festivals and tastings out there these days, forking over $60 ($54 with the 10% discount code for LA Weekly readers below) seems somewhat excessive for your everyday Chardonnay and Merlot pours. But this is Pinot Days, the ann ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Wine Gifts From The Other Guy, Courtesy Of Your Humble Grower
Ah, the holiday party wine gifting season. That time of year when you'll inevitably spot a bottle of Shafer Hillside Select sporting a shiny red bow among the hostess gifts -- right as you hand over a $19.99 Cabernet you snagged off the Ralph's weekly special list on the way to the boss' house (but ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Winemaker Q & A With Joel Peterson: On His First Thanksgiving Wine, Atomic Bombs Alice Waters
Joel PetersonThe Young Wine Fiend, Peterson, And His Mom (Center), 1955Joel Peterson, founder of Ravenswood Winery, isn't exactly the sort of winemaker to veer off the conversation track into lilting conversations about the similarities between playing the bagpipes and making wine. Rather, Pe ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2011
The Chef vs. The Sommelier: Fig Restaurant's Pinot Chardonnay Face-Off
flickr user cherylknauerPinot or Chardonnay?When we popped by Fig in Santa Monica recently for a Happy Hour glass of wine, sommelier Matthew Lehman was happy to chat about the new Fig Pinot Noir we spied on the menu -- Lehman helped make it under the watchful eye of La Fenetre winemaker Josh ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
Q & A With Amavi's Jean-Francois Pellet: On Wine Life, Tequila (Why Not?) Coors Light
pepperbridge.comPellet And Friends At Pepperbridge, with ChampagneWhen Washington winemakers like Jean-François Pellet of Pepper Bridge and Amavi Cellars swoop into town, there is usually one thing on the tasting agenda: Serious wine talk. About their own wines, of course. But during our rec ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Support Your State: Drink California Wine During CA Wine Month
Kathy A. McDonaldLearn more about wine this month at a wine tasting seminarThese days, every foodstuff or drink gets a day in its honor. Did you know there's a National Pecan Cookie day (September 21)? One guess on how to observe either National Guacamole Day (September 16) or National Beer D ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
Urban Wine Making: Rock Wall Wine, Or How To Share That Bottle Opportunity
www.alamedamagazine.comUrban Winemaker Shauna RosenblumBack in the early days of pre-Prohibition winemaking, setting up a winery adjacent to a vineyard was hardly a winemaking prerequisite. A warehouse or garage worked just fine for turning those purchased grapes into wine, particularly in Ca ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2011
The Chardonnay Symposium: Wine, Santa Maria BBQ Chardonnay Clones (Yes, Clones)
Bob DickeyChardonnay Symposium's Grand Tasting Byron VineyardAmerica's favorite wine is getting the star treatment. This weekend, July 22-23, the second Chardonnay Symposium in the scenic Santa Maria Valley puts the spotlight on all aspects of the wine varietal: where it comes from (clones!), ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Lompoc Wine Ghetto: Get Your Wine On Alternative
Jeff KirshbaumWinemaker Sashi Moorman of Piedrasassi New Vineland at work in the Lompoc Wine Ghetto. Substance outshines style at Santa Barbara County's low-key Lompoc Wine Ghetto. A semi-industrial office park that's in the heart of land-that-time-forgot Lompoc, California, Lompoc Wine Ghett ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard's Latest Mission
Jeff KirshbaumFamed winemaker Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard at his winery's tasting room.Bonny Doon Vineyard's founder and winemaker Randall Grahm wants to do something really different. Once he ran the 28th largest winery in the U.S.; these days he's on a quest to grow grape vines fr ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Winemaker Picks: Burger and Wine Pairings
Flickr user cowtoptimWe'd Probably Go With RedWe've got our Top Ten Local Burger Condiments lined up, now what to drink with those burgers? Well, we have plenty of opinions (beer, wine, cocktails, soda!), but as there is only so much one can drink in a sitting, we decided to stick to wine on ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Viva Vino LA: Italian Wines Flood Los Angeles
Lisa MattsonChianti, Italy's Castello de Volpaia is one of 130 wineries pouring at Viva Vino LAThere's much more to Italian wine than Pinot Grigio. The number one U.S. import is only one of the 3,000 kinds of grape varieties that grow on the Italian peninsula. Learn about the many others this ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
Q & A With Municipal Winemakers' Dave Potter: On Surfing, Sourcing Grape Stigmas His New Tasting Room
JGarbee Potter In The Former Scuba Shop That Will Become His Tasting RoomIf you need an excuse to for a coastal drive, winemaker Dave Potter is your man. He is the face behind Santa Barbara-based Municipal Winemakers, a small but mighty 600 cases per year operation that he tends to between ba ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
Wine on Tap: Restaurants Get Into the Flow
Vinson PhotographyWine Cask Santa Barbara Wine has always been tapped from barrels. Rarely though, except at a winery, can you drink it that way. That is changing as more California winemakers are packaging wine in multi-gallon kegs and restaurants junk bottles for tap systems. Draft wine is ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Book Review: Eataly L.A. May Still Be Iffy But Joe Bastianich's Grandi Vini Is Solid
With all the rumors about Joe Bastianich and Eataly L.A. last week, we thought it a fine time to check in on Bastianich's latest book, Grandi Vini: An Opinionated Tour of Italy's 89 Finest Wines. Bastianich is, as the book's press release reminds us, "co-owner of twenty [mostly Italian] rest ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
Q & A With Winemaker Rolando Herrera Of Mi Sueño: Vineyards, Baseball The Teenage Career Plan
Mi Sueño WineryRolando HerreraFive minutes into a conversation with Rolando Herrera, the owner-winemaker at Mi Sueño in Napa, it's clear that what first comes across as shyness is really more of a quiet conviction for winemaking. He didn't come from a longstanding winemaking pedigree. He di ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Q & A With Winemaker Greg LaFollette: On Bagpipes, Mouth Feel And Pinot Noir Love
Lafollettewines.comGreg La Follette And Assistant Winemaker Simone SequeiraIn the winemaking scene, "getting around" is all part of the gig. The best winemakers handle the grapes at various wineries throughout their career, and often more than one winery at a time, before they find "the one." ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Q & A With Winemaker Greg La Follette, Part 2: What 6 Kids Will Do To Your Pinot Noir
lafollettewines.comGreg LaFollette's True LoveWhen we first spoke with Greg La Follette, winemaker at his namesake La Follette Wines, he was telling us how making wine isn't all that different from playing the bagpipes. And why getting to know Pinot Noir isn't all that different from taking o ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2010
Thanksgiving Wine Pairings: You Could Ask Your Sommelier, Or Go Straight To The Source
Flickr user nevadadanThanksgiving With A Vineyard ViewWe spend a lot of time figuring out what to serve for Thanksgiving dinner, but how about what to serve with all of those competing homemade flavors? Asking sommeliers their pairing opinion is laudable, but can be like querying star chefs f ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Meet The Winemaker: Niner's Amanda Cramer, Calculus Teacher Turned Master Vine Reader
NinerDo We Detect A Splash Of Former Math Teacher?Earlier this week, Niner winemaker Amanda Cramer was among those whom we chatted with about the current state of the 2010 California grape harvest. For better or worse. In an industry currently swimming in public relations laced glasses of kee ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2010
2010 Grape Harvest: California Winemakers On Why Tricky Doesn't Always Mean Tragic
J. GarbeeThe Last Drops Of HarvestTo those of us who live in L.A. sans air conditioning, the mild California summer of 2010 was an unseasonably pleasant, food-truck friendly three months notably devoid of sweat-free nights other than the brief late-breaking heat wave. To the California wineri ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Meet Your Winemaker: Lynmar's Bibiana González Rave on Gut Feelings, Crushed Grapes and The 100 Degree Heat
Lynmar EstateBibiana González RaveIf you've been lucky enough to try a bottle of Lynmar Pinot Noir (or Chardonnay and Rosé), or hang out on their tasting room patio -- where $10 gets you a Robb Report-worthy luxury retreat and tastings, perhaps the best deal in the Russian River Valley -- y ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2010
Slate's Mike Steinberger on "Natural" Wines
Neal1960/FlickrPinot Gris grapes A natural chicken still spends the entirety of its short life in a factory--stacked with its brethren in a feathery, disease-ridden pile. A natural soda still rots your teeth. As applied to food, the word "natural" is a marketing construct designed to make c ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Meet Your Grape Grower: Charlie Barra, The 84-Year-Old Owner of Barra and Girasole
Evan JohnsonCharlie BarraShould you be fortunate enough to reach your 65th grape harvest -- as a grower, not simply an imbiber -- you know when it's time to put those Sangiovese and Pinot Grigio grapes to work. And when to step back and let them enjoy a few more weeks on the vine. Squid Ink w ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Alsatian White Wines, Which to Choose? Winemaker Anne-Laure Helfrich's Favorites
Helfrich WinesAnne-Laure HelfrichIf you're contemplating which specific Alsatian Riesling or Pinot Gris -- or screw it, Gewürztraminer -- to bring to LudoBites, or if like us, you simply think it's entirely too hot to even consider the word "buttery" and white wine in the same sentence (CA C ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Slingshot: Best Bargain Napa Cabernet, Cult Status Not Required
Being part of a winemaking family in $180,000 per acre Napa County, even a relatively new one like 11-year-old Stewart Cellars, has got to be pretty great when you're handed $150 bottles of the really good grape juice, not so hot when Dad stops footing the dinner bill. But in the case of James Stew ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2010
Municipal Winemakers: Bike Your Way To Free Wine Delivery, Or Just Join Club Awesome
Municipal WinemakersWill Bike For WineBefore you commit to a lifetime of padded bike shorts after watching Alberto Contador win the Tour de France on Sunday, we suggest you start with a leisurely ride to Municipal Winemakers' Santa Barbara tasting room (only 100 miles, versus this year's 2,26 ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
Wine & Dine: Sonoma in the City Arrives this Week
Flickr/tibchris Sonoma wineries will strut their stuff during a Sonoma in the City: Los Angeles promotion this Tuesday through Thursday, May 4th through 6th, that will offer tastes at every level, from free for the cash-strapped to a $150 wine dinner. The $150 dinner at Melisse on Wednesda ... More >>
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December 24, 2009
Mount Etna: Great Wine From Europe's Largest Active Volcano
Think of Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, and you likely do not think of flowing wine. Flowing lava maybe. But some of the best red wines in Europe are being produced in that most unusual and extreme of locales. To the ancient Greeks, eastern Sicily's Mount Etna was home of the one ... More >>
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July 22, 2009
Drink And Tweet: Twitter Taste Live, or Why You're Not Drinking Alone if You're on Twitter
What happens when you cross a wine geek with a tech geek, then turn them loose on Twitter? You get wine tasting across time zones and even continents, lots of passionate oenophiles, and happy winemakers. It's called Twitter Taste Live and it's a place where the online community can purchase, taste ... More >>
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July 17, 2009
Chardonnay or Chantilly? Cupcake Vineyards vs. Layer Cake Wine = A Hungry Jury
Cupcake VineyardsChardonnay and cupcake pairingA cabernet frosted cupcake is bad enough. But cupcake-inspired wine? Despite the name, Cupcake Vineyards, a division of global producer The Wine Group's Underdog Wine Merchants, produces no dessert wines. Last fall, Cupcake introduced a selection of $ ... More >>
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April 12, 2009
Road Trip Agenda: California Weekend Wine Fests
If you're willing to spend a long day on the road and splurge for a food-and-slosh fest, then the second-annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine gathering held April 16-19 merits the effort. Consider: 250 wineries. 50 major chefs. Tastings. Demos. Meals. Names on the roster that are near and dear to Angele ... More >>
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September 7, 2000
The Grapes of L.A.
Winemaking can once again be local
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