by Mike Dunne | Nov 16, 2023 | Blog
Highlights from recent wine-related explorations: Lodi’s Bokisch Vineyards, celebrated for its frank and alluring wines based on grape varieties traditionally associated with Spain, has turned to a grape more closely associated with the South of France for its newest...
by Mike Dunne | Oct 12, 2023 | Blog
With more whimsey than strategy, two professional women from San Francisco buy a rickety 13-acre farm at Fiddletown in Amador County. They haven’t much experience at digging soil, but the farm includes a scattering of pomegranate, apricot, walnut, olive, peach and...
by Mike Dunne | Oct 9, 2023 | Blog
Sacramento native Adam Saake is a member in good standing of a seemingly shrinking community of California winemakers – people so smitten with the wine trade that they join it in hopes of making a statement and a living solely by their vision and grit. They don’t come...
by Mike Dunne | Oct 5, 2023 | Blog
Nine takeaways from last week’s Sonoma Harvest Fair commercial wine competition in Santa Rosa: The competition drew 964 entries from 126 brands, up slightly from last year. All entries must be made with grapes grown in Sonoma County. A glance at entries by varietal...
by Mike Dunne | Sep 29, 2023 | Blog
Last month, Dr. Anita Oberholster and colleagues at the University of California, Davis, were handed a check for $1,205,966 to continue their research into the impact of wildland smoke on wine grapes. With climate change, wildland fires in California have become more...
