Chateau Montelena Winery owner Bo Barrett says Napa Valley residents should become involved in a four-year-old push by local winemakers to create a Calistoga appellation. The move would allow ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - California winemaker Bo Barrett persuaded the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to establish an American viticultural area (AVA) in Calistoga, Calif., at the north end of the ...

When Bo Barrett, CEO of Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley, broke his leg in a ski accident, he was so bored that he went to the local library to do some research. He was curious about the history of ...

What if you grew up in a town that everyone knew where it was, but you could not put the name of the town on your birth certificate, your driver’s license or even on a postcard? You would probably be ...

In a move that one local vintner described as “totally out of left field,” the U.S. Treasury Department has effectively caused the application approval process of hundreds of AVA petitions, ...

Key changes in the final document creating the Calistoga Viticulture Area are expected to heavily influence controversial provisions on “grandfathered” geographically linked brand names and “nested” ...

In the mid 1800s an entrepreneur named Sam Brannan loaded up a ship and sailed to San Francisco with single men and families who would later settle in the north of Napa Valley. Sam, who became ...

From grape to glass, the recent Calistoga Wine & Culinary Experience offered guests a delicious tasting in a majestic setting. Hosted last Saturday at the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa ...