Grapelive Latest: Santa Cruz Mountains
Touring the beautiful and mysterious Santa Cruz Mountains is too often an overlooked pleasure and after a wonderful spring Sunday in the green hills I am again a true believer!…
Grapelive Latest: Napa The Splendor & The Silliness
Napa Valley is wonderful in the springtime with the first leaves on the vines giving a lovely green liveliness and the lack of crowds really makes it almost perfect. The…
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The floodgates have opened and the new wines are flowing like raging waters to your restaurants, wine merchants or to your doorstep, and I can say it is all good.…
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Beaux Freres Releases Their Stunning 2006 Pinots I should let my Oregon colleague Alaya handle the Pacific Northwest, as she does her local community very well indeed, but I could…
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It is Almost Spring! This is a great time of year, a time of rebirth in the vineyard and a time when new releases start showing up in restaurants and…
Grapelive Latest: Firmly in 2008 Now
This new year is getting off to a great start with many exciting things happening and many great wines being reviewed for your pleasure, well and mine of course. Grapelive…
Alaya Talks Up Oregon!
Oregon Pinot Noir–Boutique Style By Alaya Wyndham-Price, Grapelive Guest Columnist I am an Oregon Native. Yes, I know…we are truly a rare breed these days. It may seem only natural…
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Grapelive Latest News, January 2008 This is a great time of year to catch up with your reading and spend some quality time with your favorite wines, or explore a…
Meet Richard Alfaro at Bouchee in Carmel Nov.24th
Winemaker Richard Alfaro, of Alfaro Family & Martin Alfaro Winery Will be Pouring his Wines at Bouchee Bistro in Carmel Nov. 24th (Saturday) 12 (Noon) to 4 PM I’ve been…
Has The Wine Spectator and Robert Parker Hurt the Wine Industry or Helped?
I was asked about the influence of The Wine Spectator (magazine) and Robert Parker (famous wine critic) and whether it has been a negative or a positive? The angle that…