This is what we mean when we say that wines from this place have power reminiscent of "an iron fist in a velvet glove".

The Antinori family has purchased the Coombsville vineyard from the Winiarksi family, which had used it as a source for ...

I wrote about the uncertain fate of Massa Estate, a spectacular vineyard in the remote Cachagua area of Carmel Valley. It was the source of legendary wines in the 1970s and ’80s — when it was known as ...

To reach Cachagua, a rural subregion of Carmel Valley, one must ascend a treacherously twisty mountain road about 25 miles inland from Carmel-by-the-Sea. There’s a tumbledown trailer park. A massive ...

Vines struggled during the Pacific Northwest’s first “heatdome” vintage, and winemakers in the Walla Walla Valley reported an average crop load of just 1.4 tons per acre that fall. Normal […] ...