No one is clamoring for the creation of a Sacramento American Viticultural Area. Until now. Even then, consider this more tease than clamor. For the record, American Viticultural Areas, or AVAs, are federally designated enclaves recognized for how their viticultural...

In keeping with livestock-show tradition, Rodeo Uncorked!, the international wine competition of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, comes down to one Grand Champion Best of Show and one Reserve Grand Champion Best of Show, terms as involved and fancy as a...

Madera is one of many small and tidy farming towns strung along commercial and colorful Highway 99 as it stretches through California’s long, hot, arid, and fertile San Joaquin Valley. The city is so proud of its surrounding agricultural heritage that streets carry...

You know what they say: “You can take the winemaker out of Texas, but you can’t take Texas out of the winemaker.” Actually, I don’t know if anyone says that, but it fits Don Brady, a California winemaker with roots deep in the heart of Texas. He was a Texas winemaker...

  Rutherford Hill Winery long has been an outrider on the Napa Valley wine scene. It stubbornly has stuck by Merlot as its signature wine as its neighbors have staked their acclaim on the comparably more esteemed Cabernet Sauvignon. It is secluded high in the...

"Come Over October" is upon us. This has nothing to do with Halloween and trick-or-treaters, though bogeymen are involved. The inspiration of a small if vocal and creative group of wine-trade influencers, "Come Over October" is meant to tell people not obsessed with...