Month: September 2023

The biggest business news in Napa this summer was E.&J. Gallo’s buying spree, scooping up Rombauer Vineyards and Massican in a matter of days. The two wineries could not be more different. Rombauer produces 350,000 cases a year and owns more than 700 acres of vines in Napa Valley, Carneros and the Sierra Foothills. Massican,
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While a dish dubbed “thousand-layer lasagna” is likely to pique your interest, things get even more intriguing when you add an Italian-heavy wine list that pays particular attention to Barolo, Tuscany and Franciacorta. Last week, Vine Hospitality debuted Rollati Ristorante, a modern Italian-American restaurant in San Jose, Calif. This is the first Italian-focused restaurant from
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Virginia’s state Court of Appeals has ruled that a wine shipping merchant that facilitates sales between wineries and consumers is violating state law and must either obtain licenses for each winery it orders from or cease selling wine in the commonwealth. The ruling comes after Virginia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) challenged California company Vinoshipper’s
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Following a recent visit by Wine-Searcher’s Wine-Specialist team to the Kumeu River Winery, our Wine Director, David Allen MW, reviews the latest releases of Kumeu River’s Chardonnays. This is the 2022 vintage and is the fourth in a string of excellent vintages, the wines have a wonderful textural quality and the most open and forward
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I’ve never grilled a steak, and I’ve never made compound butter. How hard can it be? Let’s make a Steak With Red Wine Butter from Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook. 💜 Support me and get a shoutout! – https://ko-fi.com/mitchmai 🔪 My Essentials Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook: https://amzn.to/3NrCN7m Favorite Knife: https://amzn.to/3DNE9WR The Purple Apron (other
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Welcome back to our channel, where we bring you along on all our exciting adventures. In this vlog, we’re taking you on a journey to the picturesque Sula Vineyards near Nashik, where we celebrated my wife’s Special day in style! Neha’s birthday called for a unique and unforgettable celebration, and what better place to do
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Emmanuel Broux of Domaine Guillot-Broux talks about reduction in a bottle of wine and tells the story of a friend who almost poured out a 1959 White Burgundy when he mistook reduction for a sign that the wine was dead. Emmanuel explains what happened and how he saved the wine. Original Thumbnail image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityfoodsters/ See
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Following on from a recent visit by Wine-Searcher’s Wine-Specialist team to the Kumeu River Winery, our Wine Director, David Allen MW, reviews the latest release of Kumeu River’s Estate Chardonnay. This is the 2022 vintage and is the fourth in a string of excellent vintages. Kumeu River’s 2022s have a wonderful textural quality and the
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Kathleen Inman at Inman Family Cellars harvests and presses her Pinot Noir to make an intentional rosé. While many pink wines are made by bleeding the tanks of a red wine, known as the saignée method, Inman Family Winery makes thier rosé from grapes picked specifically for this wine. Ask a Winemaker filmed on location
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