Those of us who dabble in wine tend to take lots of basic information for granted. I was reminded of this recently when a friend, a casual wine-drinker, asked if she should buy a Bordeaux or a malbec ...

In 2012, a good friend and I enrolled in what might best be called Wine Grape Growing 101, a yearlong experience of following the seasons in Santa Barbara County vineyards on the way to making our ...

Learning about wine can take some time: There is so much out there, and the wine industry keeps growing and changing every year. I've broken it down by most of the grape types used in wine production, ...

“Wine Simple,” from Aldo Sohm, the head sommelier at Le Bernardin, offers practical basics, with step-by-step illustrations. By Florence Fabricant Few of the myriad wine books that fill the shelves ...

Italy, France, Spain, Germany. When we think of old world wine, we often think of these Western European mega-producers. But savvy somms and wine drinkers are sipping from other parts of the “old” ...

How does wine writer Peg Melnik pick our wine of the week winner? For wineries that want to participate in The Press Democrat’s blind tasting, send bottlings to Peg Melnik, c/o The Press Democrat, 416 ...