Don’t Smell Like a Dog (Unless that Works for You…)

A couple of weeks ago I brought a bottle of 2008 Gramercy Cellars Columbia Valley Tempranillo to a book club meeting. I’d been curious to try the wines of this Washington state–based outfit dubbed Best New Winery, 2010, by Food and Wine magazine, and while we all liked the Tempranillo quite a bit, our comments [...]

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Rosebud

Last week I interviewed Doug and Janet Fletcher about the role that food and wine have played in their relationship. The short answer is “a big one”—no surprise given that Doug is a vice president at Terlato Wine Group, overseeing winemaking at Terlato’s wineries in Napa, Sonoma, and Santa Barbara, and Janet is a prominent [...]

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Napa Notes

Recently earning raves in my household was a 2007 Merlot from Napa Valley’s Shafer Vineyards. I found the aroma on this wine oh-so-very Napa, evoking cedar and pencil shavings, while my husband noted blackberries and plums. He commented that the Shafer was bright and ripe with great acid and good balance, and I agreed — [...]

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Talking Wine

Hello, welcome to my first-ever wine blog for Marin Magazine. I thought I’d get things started by plugging a party taking place this Saturday night, August 8, at the Clos du Val winery in Napa Valley’s Stags Leap District. As a wine writer who’s married to a winemaker, I definitely attend more than my fair [...]

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