Please The Palate Wine of the Week: Bien Nacido Estate 2021 Grenache, Santa Maria Valley
There are many delicious wines out there and I get to taste and enjoy many of them. But sometimes a wine blows you away. You...
There are many delicious wines out there and I get to taste and enjoy many of them. But sometimes a wine blows you away. You...
When one thinks of Inglewood, California, one might think about an area of LA that is close to Los Angeles International Airport or near the...
When I talk to California winemakers, I regularly hear them talk about Vermentino as the grape everyone should be planting. Vermentino, Vermentino, Vermentino. Why? Because...
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