Category: Wine Articles

On My Way to Italy Brandy Falconer, grapelive My first taste of grape-y goodness ‘OCONUS’ (A Military flashback acronym: ‘Outside Continental US’) came at the First Class British Airways lounge…

2006 Continuum Napa Valley (Tim Mondavi) Bordeaux Style Blend. From top vineyard sites including To-Kalon and select Oakville and Stags’ Leap vineyards, the 2006 Continuum is magic and even better…

Wine is a celebration of place and people that love the place, and there are some really special places and people, with Gary Pisoni being very special. He has become…

Gary Franscioni’s Roar label has been turning out world-class wine since 2000, and has only gone from strength to strength with total passion and commitment to quality. For the first…

We are happy to report that Mark Pisoni and his wife Quinn had a beautiful baby boy, Davis, shown here with proud dad Mark and new Grandpa Gary Pisoni! Congrats…

Corralitos Wine Trail I found myself completely free on a lazy, mostly sunny Saturday and ready for a short drive, so I breezed through Carmel, took in the beach watching…

2006 Sean Thackrey “Andromeda” Pinot Noir, Devil’s Gulch Vineyard, Marin County. This was my first chance to try this rare and beautiful wine from the unique and brave winemaker Sean…

Vinitaly Verona, 2009 Grapelive will be covering Italy’s top wine event for the first time, and is very happy to introduce our new reporter that will be at this years…

Classic Cab Tasting! I just heard about this charity tasting in Sonoma, featuring some classic Californian wines that sounds awesome. It is for a great cause and the line up…

2005 J.Rochioli Pinot Noir “Three Corner’s Vineyard” Russian River Valley. This amazing complex Pinot Noir has deep layers of flavors and a heavenly earthy essence that makes this wine seem…