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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Follow the Leader - Ridge's Historic 2016 Monte Bello Will Be 100% from Organic Grapes

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Ridge's famed Monte Bello vineyard - now organically farmed and certified and its wines bottle labeled (as of the 2016 vintage) I w...

A Trip to Brown Estate in Chiles Valley: Napa's Only Black Owned Winery (Now Officially Organically Farmed) Features Historic Buildings and Fine Zinfandels

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Last week I took a trip to visit two Napa wineries that recently certified their vineyards as organic, under CCOF certification. One was Sin...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Costco's Ultimate Wine: The Sinegal Family's Own (Organically Grown) Cabernets

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NOTE: THIS IS A VINTAGE POST FROM 2017. SINEGAL ESTATE HAS INCREASED PRODUCTION QUITE A LOT AND THE ORGANICALLY GROWN ESTATE WINES ARE BUT A...
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Saturday, June 24, 2017

Another Historic First for Ridge Vineyards: Winery Releases First Monte Bello Wine with "Organic Grapes" Labeling on the Bottle

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It's sold out now, and only 175 cases were made, but Ridge Vineyards' 2013 Steep Terraces Monte Bello i...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Alice Waters Film: Free Online on PBS

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"I'm hoping we can come to a time where everything that we have on the table is something that's wholesome and pure and delicio...
Friday, June 16, 2017

A New Crop of Biodynamic Vines: Ten U.S. Vineyards and Wineries On the Path to Demeter Certification

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The movement toward Biodynamic agriculture in the wine industry continues to progress in the U.S. with ten wineries currently on the path to...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Calling All Glyphosate Geeks: Tune in Online July 20th

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Credit: The Detox Project The California Dept. of Public Health's next public meeting of its Biomonitoring California group takes pl...
Sunday, June 11, 2017

A Moment of Sunshine Amid the Organic Void: Lunch with Susan Lin, Master of Wine Aspirant

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A few weeks ago I had the kind of day all writers dream of - when an accomplished expert in your field - like Susan Lin of Belmont Wine Exch...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

My Kind of Wine Country Heroes: Suzanne Hagins and Chris Condos of Horse and Plow

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The turntable spins vinyl - a favorite vintage song from the Police is playing now. There are eggs for sale here on the counter, from the ch...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Gold Medal Winners in the North Coast Wine Challenge: Public Tasting June 10

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Congrats to the North Coast Wine Challenge winners with organic vines for their Gold Medal wins in this unique regional contest. Here are...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Biodynamic Wine Panel and Tasting: Next-Gen Winemakers Taking the Helm

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Biodynamic wines - what are they and what do they taste like? Do they taste different? How is Biodynamic wine grape growing different from c...
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