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Get to Know Our Newest Reviewer, William Kelley

See which California wine first tripped his trigger, his views on the ethics of wine criticism and his passion for explosives....

Erin Brooks • 31 Jan 2018

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5 Affordable Chardonnays From the Latest Issue

Good Chardonnay doesn’t have to break the bank....

Abbe Baker • 27 Oct 2017

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USA, California: Jean-Charles Boisset Presents His Secret Indulgence

This is a new range of very smartly packaged and mostly keen-priced wines from Napa’s own flamboyant, gregarious and incredibly astute Burgundian-born proprietor, Jean-Charles Boisset. Linked to a recently purchased...

Lisa Perrotti-Brown • 24 Oct 2017

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Sundays with Sinskey

With great wine, great food and great views, there’s a lot to like at Robert Sinskey Vineyards. See for yourself....

Lacey Marlow • 21 Sep 2017

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Camping with the Alphas

Industry talk, banter and endlessly-flowing wine—nothing short of a sensational camping trip with the newly-formed Women in Wine, Central Coast....

R.H. Drexel • 09 Aug 2017

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Celebrate National Doughnut Day at City Garden

If you’re a wine-country foodie, Santa Rosa’s new City Garden Doughnuts & Coffee is sure to have popped up on your radar. With its grand opening today on National Doughnut...

Melissa Vogt • 02 Jun 2017

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Xavier Arnaudin: The Man in the Arena

A reformed French boxer shines as one of California's most refined winemakers....

R.H. Drexel • 30 May 2017

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Happy Nights: A Chat with Don Felipe Hernandez of Feliz Noche Cellars

Drawing fruit mostly from the Koehler Winery, Hernandez produces a wide breadth of wines and has no plans of retiring anytime soon....

R.H. Drexel • 12 Apr 2017

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Mister Jiu’s Pork Buns: A San Francisco Treat

The Bay Area’s favorite sandwich bread is reinvented into a classic Chinese delicacy at this Chinatown restaurant....

Tamara Palmer • 20 Mar 2017

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Written in the Sky: A Wine Dream Across Generations

Thomson favors Italian grape varieties and makes astoundingly good Barbera and Nebbiolo under her own label. She employs Old-World methods in the cellar, including extended aging in 600-liter casks for...

R.H. Drexel • 16 Jan 2017

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