A Look at the Controversial Practice of Scoring Wine
I am on the email lists of quite a few wine sellers, so my inbox is regularly filled with offers for “must buy” bottles.
Bottles & Barrels
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FrancFest 2008
Santa Barbara County’s best cabernet franc on display September 20.
The Acid Test
Our wine expert teaches us how to appreciate the acidity in our wine drinking.
Inside the Debate over What to Officially Call Fortified Red Dessert Wines
What’s in a name? If it’s Burgundy, Champagne, or Napa, it’s not just wine. It’s a place, too, and there is simply no argument about it.
Wine Importer Terry Theise Discusses the Land’s Influence on Wine Flavor
“Something in the land imparts flavor: Wine from one site will taste different from its neighbor.”
Tips on How to Create a (Good) Wine List
I just paid a visit to a newly opened restaurant in town. Clearly, a lot of thought had gone into putting the menu together and creating ambiance in the dining room.
California Beats France in Bottle Shock, Coming Soon to Santa Barbara Movie Theaters
There’s a great degree of inevitability in even the most Earth-shattering discoveries.
Introducing Lompoc’s Pali Wine Company
Less nurture, more nature: That’s the gist of an increasingly popular tendency among winemakers who wish to spotlight the virtues of a piece of land while downplaying their own skills at blending, barreling, fining, and aging.
Report from the 3rd Annual Old Spanish Days Wine Tasting at the Sunken Gardens
Saturday, July 12, was a perfect summer afternoon for Elements Restaurant’s 3rd Annual Old Spanish Days Wine Tasting.
Rick Longoria’s Fe Ciega
It pays to have faith. Just ask Rick Longoria, who found the site for his Fe Ciega Vineyard-Spanish for “blind faith”-through a chance meeting at a barbeque.