Vineyard News

The following panel of judges will convene July 10 through 12 at Brassfield Estate Winery to perform the blind judging: Deborah Parker Wong, Tasting Panel editor; Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee wine writer; Martha Dunne, Winegigs.com creator and writer; John Buechenstein, Culinary Institute of America and U.C. Davis extension wine educator; Don Neel, ... (more)

Richard Sauret never studied viticulture at a university, but after decades of working on vineyards in his native Paso Robles, he said it doesn’t take a college degree to understand that grapes do not need tons of water to produce quality wine.

They came rocking and rolling into the end of the sixties and changed the personality of Church and nation as Great Awakenings do.

Mendocino County wine producers came to San Francisco this week bringing incredible selections from the region's 12 diverse, green regions.

New-homes sales are about 10 percent ahead of last year at this time in the Sacramento region, according to new figures released Tuesday by the North State Building Industry Association.

Josh Stein of Stein Family Wines pours a glass of his Same Sex Meritage wine. To aid the cause of gay marriage, $1 for every bottle sold is donated to the advocacy group Freedom to Marry.

Wente Vineyards and the Pleasanton Art League are teaming up for the first annual "Gallery on the Green," a celebration of wine and local art on the Vineyard Lawn of The Course on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Recognizing that everything looks best when viewed while holding a glass of wine and listening to the "thwock" of a well-hit golf ball, ... (more)

"Poison Ivy: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery," Cynthia Riggs This is the 11th book in this entertaining series by 13th-generation Vineyarder Cynthia Riggs, who has created the indefatigable character of Victoria Trumbull, 92 years young and going strong as a sleuth and an adjunct professor of poetry at tiny Ivy Green, a small college on Martha's ... (more)

Wineries and vineyard owners have filed a flurry of applications to plant new vineyards and replace older vines in Sonoma County, even as the suitable land in the region has become more scarce.

Murphys Creek Theatre presents its annual outdoor Shakespeare Festival at the Cornelia B. Stevenot Memorial Amphitheater in Murphys, staging the bard's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing." "Much Ado" kicks off June 21 and runs Friday and Saturday nights through July 20.

Hundreds of local residents dined on the finest cuisine Santa Barbara has to offer at Share Our Strength's Sixth Annual Taste of the Nation event on May 19 at the Montecito Country Club.

Last year, at Sunset's Savor the Central Coast wine and food festival, I moderated a seminar in praise of Paso Robles Syrah, psyched that I'd scored Syrah pioneer Gary Eberle for our panel.

Wine competitions traditionally organize entries by varietals or styles. A few also define classes by price.

Bands playing at Steinbeck Plaza include the Duvets , Elliot Randall & the Dead Men and Steep Ravine .

It is springtime in Napa Valley and summer is around the corner. There are beautiful sunny and bright days with crisp nights looking ahead.

It's a time of optimism in the wine industry, with vintners buying vineyards to secure supply, and grape growers and brokers easily selling their crop for hearty prices.

The Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday night appointed Michael Halt, an education veteran with 20 years of experience and colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, as the next principal for San Clemente High School, according to a release from the district.

Members of the Ziegler-Fiala expedition team aboard the America, 1903. Anthony Fiala, the expedition leader, is at far right.

Water rates in Sacramento County would go up 5.6 percent in August and another 3.8 percent next year under a proposal supervisors will consider in July.