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BY MIKE DUNNE

In Old ‘Dry Diggings,’ A New Way To Engage Wine

In Old ‘Dry Diggings,’ A New Way To Engage Wine

During April – Earth Month – expect to read and hear a lot about how the wine trade is responding to climate change and softening its impact on the environment. More by coincidence than strategy, however, one seasoned winemaker is taking on those issues in an...

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Lessons on Cabernet Franc From Roundup in Calaveras

Lessons on Cabernet Franc From Roundup in Calaveras

Every wine has its day. For Cabernet Franc, it’s Dec. 4. That’s fitting, given that the wine’s customary forward fruit, stable spine and nippy acidity make it a fine companion for the hearty dishes of fall and winter. Michael Kelly doesn’t wait until Dec 4 to uncork...

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Native Grapes Finding A Home In Missouri

Native Grapes Finding A Home In Missouri

Jerry Eisterhold devotes his professional life to designing museums. His credits include the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia; the North Carolina History Center on Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction at Fayetteville, North Carolina; the...

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Talking Superior California With Podcaster Matt Wood

Talking Superior California With Podcaster Matt Wood

In the world of wine podcasts, Matt Wood is carving out a niche for himself with warm and trenchant interviews of hands-on winemakers and grape growers who tend to produce small-lot wines with offbeat approaches in edgier terroirs about California. Somehow, he folded...

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White Wines Emerging In Red-Wine Territory

White Wines Emerging In Red-Wine Territory

Went to Amador County the other day just to taste white wines. Yes, that’s heretical, I recognize. Since the start of the modern wine era in the Sierra Foothills half a century ago, Amador County has been identified almost solely with husky red wines, Zinfandel in...

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From St. Peter’s Church, A Fresh Foothill Zinfandel

From St. Peter’s Church, A Fresh Foothill Zinfandel

As I signed books – have I told you about my book? – at Cooper Vineyards in Amador County’s Shenandoah Valley earlier this winter, one considerate member or another of the tasting-room staff would bring me a glass of wine. Before the day was over, I’d tasted a...

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