Four days of epicurean overload can do you in. In Pebble Beach you have to pace yourself. Attending seminars and lunches can really give you some precious and meaningful insights into what makes this food and wine business so insanely attractive, and will also lead you to discoveries that you’d never otherwise encounter. I treasure

Bordeaux 2013: Seasons of Change By now you have heard the headlines as 2013 brought a year of wacky weather to Bordeaux: a cold front in the spring, hailstorms in the summer, and rain and rot that rocked the 2013 harvest. But you probably haven’t heard what was happening on the front lines of the

Celebrate  International Women’s Day with Celebration of Women Vintners on March 8, 2014 at the 2nd Annual Women of the Vine Napa Valley Wine Tasting. MORE Uncorked®, More magazine’s first-to-market wine club, announces a continued partnership with Women of the Vine® to sponsor the second annual Women of the Vine® Grand Tasting Event at The

Santa Lucia Highlands Artisans Paint Beautiful Pictures of Vintage 2011, 2012: Tasting through a luscious lineup of brilliant Chardonnays and well-schooled Pinot Noirs, all from the Santa Lucia Highlands, is enough to restore your faith in winemaking. With few exceptions, the wines from this region, made by wineries far and wide, are singularly impressive. Each

Wine Tasting Tips with MS Tim Gaiser: How to tell if a wine is bad Ever open up a bottle of wine and wonder why it has that not so fresh feeling? Ever served a bottle of wine to your family and friends that you probably should have ditched down the drain? Well we sat

Winemaking 101 with Julie Johnson: Harvest & Punch Down Harvest is one of the most crucial steps in the winemaking process. Deciding when to pick is one of the most important decisions a winemaker can make. Harvesting is determined primarily by how ripe the grapes are. Punch Downs are another important part of the winemaking