Above: Domaine de la Côte’s top vineyard in Santa Barbara County, “la Côte” (the slope). A visit to their vineyards is a glimpse into why the Santa Ynez AVA is one of California’s most compelling. DOMAINE DE LA CÔTE (BOTTLE) Lompoc CA (805) 500-8337 domainedelacote.com PEOPLE Owners Steve Webster, Mark Stevenson, Sashi Moorman, and Rajat …
HIRSCH VINEYARDS (BOTTLE) 45075 Bohan Dillon Rd. Cazadero CA 95421 (707) 847-3001 hirschvineyards.com PEOPLE Hirsch was planted in 1980 on the Sonoma Coast when entrepreneur David Hirsch decided that northern California was getting too crowded. The winery was completed in 2002, the same vintage would become the Hirsch family’s first estate release. Everardo Robledo …
The purpose of a wine guide is that of tasting wines produced by the selected wineries and then choosing the best among them. We believe that it’s not only important to select the best wines but also to identify those that offer a healthy quality-price ratio. It’s our job to look beyond the usual names …
Today, we’re sharing the Slow Wine California winners of the Great Wine prize. The GREAT WINE PRIZE is awarded to the top bottles tasted by our editors. NAPA Acumen Peak Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Enfield Wine Co. Waterhouse Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 Frog’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon …
Today, we’re sharing the Slow Wine California winners of the SLOW prize. The SLOW WINE PRIZE is awarded to wines that represent an expression of place, originality, and history. Quality-price ratio is another factor that our editors consider for this prize. As Northern California wine country continues to recover from the long-term effects of October’s …
Today, nearly a month after the outbreak of deadly wildfires in Northern California, we have finally decided to begin publishing the Slow Wine California prizes and the first profiles from the guide here on the Slow Wine Blog. As Slow Wine California senior editor Elaine Brown wrote on her blog last week, the best way …
Tomorrow we’ll begin sharing the Slow Wine California Guide prizes again. And we’ll also begin publishing our first winery profiles this week and next. But before we resume our regular schedule of posts, we wanted to direct your attention to this piece by Slow Wine California senior editor Elaine Brown, “After the Fires.” Elaine lives …
Yesterday Cal Fire (California’s statewide firefighting agency) reported that the Tubbs Fire, which devastated the state’s northern wine country this month, is now 94 percent contained. 36,807 acres were burned according to the latest update. Even as firefighters brace for the dreaded Santa Ana winds that are expected to hit Southern California this week (creating …
“Sad day for our vines,” wrote Robert Mondavi, Jr. on his Facebook on Monday of this week. “Our Organic Atlas Peak vineyard had 95 percent burn through. Why? We don’t use herbicides, we mow. So the 4″ of stubble burned through everything. Some areas burned end posts and drip lines. A few spots had no …
Image via the Matthiasson Facebook. They posted the photo yesterday afternoon local time in Napa. It seems like yesterday that Steve and Jill Matthiasson, grape growers and winemakers at Matthiasson in Napa, were sending out an e-blast informing subscribers that they were donating 100 percent of the sales of a library release to Texas hurricane …