Let’s face it, as wine drinkers, we’d love to be able to pull $30 or $40 bottles of wine from our cellars on a regular basis.  Who wouldn’t?  But that’s likely not reality for most of us. For many wine…

Mostly known as a Zinfandel Producer, the Dry Creek Vineyard in Sonoma should not be forgotten as wonderful proprietor of classic Meritage wines.  By loose definition, a Meritage is a blended wine – typically including the classic grapes of the…

Day 6 – Castello Banfi Today was the pilgrimage to Mecca…..errrr Castello Banfi.   We were all looking forward to this trip but it goes without saying that I was perhaps the most eager to see the estate and the surrounding…

Years ago, I “discovered” Foppiano Vineyards Petite Sirah, I think during the 1997 vintage. The wine was so good, that I bought it by the case. Somewhere along the line, I lost track of them, but recently got on track…