A retreat from the full-bore California style continues, with more versions made in steel tanks or prevented from texture-softening malolactic fermentation. But there's nothing wrong with some oak and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Given the high price of wine and the enormous number of choices, a ...

Neil Bernardi went to Florence, Italy after high school and explored the regional wines. When he later studied Italian at U.C. Davis, he had a chance encounter that changed his perspective and ...

(KCBS) - KCBS Food and Wine Editor Narsai David reviews a 2009 Chardonnay and a 2009 Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley. The 2009 Russian River Valley Chardonnay has a very pale straw color.

This is a beauty of a Chardonnay from Santa Maria Valley, elegant and minerally, with some sass to it and a bright acidity that sends you back to the glass for another sip. It’s brilliant as an ...

Our Wine of the Week, Paul Hobbs 2009 Sonoma Coast CrossBarn Chardonnay ($25), is a beautifully crafted wine. Despite its fairly substantial alcohol -- 14.5 percent -- it is not hot on the forward ...

Our unflagging (if not heat deranged) search for cool summer wines has once again paid off. The 2009 Chardonnay de la Fruitiere (about $11 at wine-savvy markets and wine shops) is a stone-cold stunner ...

Pompous Ass Winery in Rock Stream, Schuyler County, is offering a 25 percent discount on cases of wine. The sale will be on until spring and applies to cases of the same wine or assorted ones. The ...

CHARDONNAY IS one grape that constantly baffles me. It’s grown almost everywhere that good wine can be made, imported in vast quantities, and produced by thousands of wineries on the West Coast.

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This white grape takes its name from a village in the Mâconnais region of Burgundy in France. It remains widely grown there today, but the variety became so popular in the 1970s that for a time it ...