WineCompass

In 1880, deep in the Rhone Valley, Dr. Francois Durif released to the world a new grapevine that he discovered created from a natural crossi...

As I mentioned in a previous post concerning Scattered Peaks , winemaker Nicole Salengo also attended our wine dinner at Officina and int...

During previous Halloween's, I would accompany the little boy with a coffee mug filled with either bourbon or red wine. Now that a chape...

Murrieta's Well is an extremely reliable wine producer located in the Livermore Valley and we have written about this Wente family c...

We grow by the motto “50% for humans, 50% for nature,” maintaining an important balance between the vines grown for humans and crops grown ...

Bourbon barrel-aged beverages have slowly seeped into the wine industry and O’Neill Vintners & Distillers entered the field with the ...

Joaquin Murrieta (1829 – July 25, 1853), also called The Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a famous vaquero, and g...

Locations is a concept by winemaker Dave Phinney that attempts to create a wine encompassing the various wine regions within a country or...

Wednesday November 15th was National Zinfandel Day and we received two Zinfandel wines for the occasion. They are from two different geograp...

Although owned and operated by members of the Chardonnay-famed Wente family, Murrieta’s Well grows 20 different grape varieties at their...

Mendocino's longest running winery, Parducci Wine Cellars , opened 85 years ago this year. Now part of the Mendocino Wine Company conso...

Last month I received another sample of Israeli wine which led me to not only research the targeted winery, but also Israeli wine regions....

During our craft beer centric stay in San Diego , we did allocate one afternoon to visit wine country - choosing Temecula Valley or Souther...

On July 19th Snooth co-founder Mark Angelillo and Murrieta’s Well winemaker Robbie Meyer participated in a video tasting of four Murrieta’s...

With the supply of inexpensive wine growing, the challenge is to find brands that exceed the quality you would expect from this category. I ...

Last month I received samples from Oak Ridge Winery , specifically four wines focusing on their unique Old Soul brand. I say unique in the...

Our favorite maker of Petite Sirah at Foppiano Vineyards turns 100. Just imagine the changes in the wine industry that he has witnessed. Al...

We have been fans of Foppiano Vineyards since we tasted there wines and heard their unique history at the 2007 Washington D.C. Food & W...

Somehow we stumbled upon one of our new favorite values wines: Marietta Cellars Old Vine Red Lot #44 . Located in Sonoma, Marietta Cellars s...