I stumbled across this informative video recently: ... [Read More]

I was in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan catching up on email in the middle of the day when I immediately started receiving texts and emails from friends and family indicating an earthquake had hit Napa. Soon after I started seeing night time photos hitting Twitter of various buildings downtown - then news indicated several highways were closed for evaluation and within ... [Read More]

The Pebble Beach Food and Wine Weekend is only in its seventh year yet remarkably it seems like it should be much older than that. In such a short time it has become the West Coast's premier food and wine event. It is an intriguing pairing - matching some of the world's best wine with top chefs in a location that is visually stunning. The inspirational ... [Read More]

Napa Valley American Viticultural Area (AVA) encompasses a rather small geographical area, produces only 4% of California's entire wine production and is one of the premium wine growing regions in North America. The earliest vineyards date back to 1836 and the oldest winery is from 1861. The valley itself is only 48 kilometers long and several kilometers ... [Read More]

I've been working with a team out of Eastern Canada to build an app for the Apple store. After a year of building this and fine tuning all the details of feature and function we are proud to announce this app is now available for the iPad from the AppStore. The app is great for planning your wine tasting schedule ahead of time or on the fly while you are ... [Read More]

Featuring More Than 100 of Napa Valley’s Top Wineries for First Cabernet Festival Presented by the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater All-Access Pass & Specially Priced Two-Day Grand Tasting Passes on Sale December 10 (Yountville, CA) – Napa Valley’s legendary Cabernets finally have a festival of their own! The Napa Valley ... [Read More]

What has become an annual event, Flavor Napa Valley attracts some of the valley's best chefs and vintners to showcase their products. Both small and large producers pour their wines at the Appellation Trail Tasting, the events' crowning get-together at the Culinary Institute of America. The Appellation Trail Tasting features wines from all 16 of Napa's ... [Read More]

Today was the first of three days for the wine tasting pavilions as part of the Film Festival - four of which are available in the valley, Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga. This is a unique opportunity to taste wines from both small and larger producers. Each of these four pavilions will be open from 230 to 5pm each day this weekend. Visit: ... [Read More]

Two Important Napa Events are being held this month in the Napa Valley. The Napa Valley Film Festival starts this week and runs through the weekend. 125 Films. 300 Filmmakers. 50 Chefs. 150 Wines Along with intriguing films (some of which are about wine) the festival includes a number of wine tasting events (it is Napa after all!). These wine ... [Read More]

Today I made my 732nd visit, tasting and review with a unique Napa producer over the past nearly 7 years. Reflecting on all my visits to Napa wineries that have "gone away" since I've been working on this project, and all the new ones I keep coming across - I thought it would be interesting to check in on the government bodies that oversee various wine ... [Read More]