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The St. Helena AVA is in the northern half of the Napa Valley AVA, centered around the town of St. Helena. T..

Ten Grapes to Know is a charming and informative introduction to wine. It’s an easy, enjoyable read from cover-to-cover, but also a handy,..

The Petaluma Gap AVA celebrates its second anniversary on December 9. Unlike some AVAs which are established, but fail to gain traction co..

Yesterday, respected wine writer and researcher Jamie Goode published a short blog. It revealed the massive dimensions and some historic p..

Climate is the weather of a particular place over a long period of time. And it is arguably the single, most-important factor determining ..

The Applegate Valley has a long history as a wine region. When Peter Britt founded his Valley View Winery there, it was the Pacific Northw..

The fine wine regions of southern Italy deserve more attention. They produce a wide range of delicious wines—white, red, and rosé. Premier..

Carneros is the coolest of all AVAs nested within the Napa Valley AVA. In my opinion, it is also the most versatile of them. It produces c..

Voyager Estate is one of the better wineries in the Margaret River region of Australia. Margaret River lies in the extreme southwest of th..

Properly aged wine can be fantastic—complex, nuanced and supple on the palate. But how can you tell if a wine has been aged properly, or n..