How well do we really know merlot? Most Napa Valley wine enthusiasts can tell you that it is the second most important (planted) red grape in Napa Valley (4,749 acres in 2015). While you may imagine ...

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The cult classic wine adventure film “Sideways” turns 20 this year, and Napa Valley’s Markham Vineyards is tipping its cap to the film that infamously attempted to sabotage Merlot. In the film about ...

When you’re within a three-hour drive of Paso Robles and have some free days, there’s nothing better than hitting the road, especially when there […] ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In November 2012, I started writing about wine for this newspaper. At the time, one of my goals was to dispel one of the myths ...

Wine might seem like an extravagance to some people. It’s expensive, some might say. It’s confusing. There are so many grapes, so many different wine regions and subregions within each region. Even ...