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In the last decade or so, Monterey, California, has developed a buzzy wine scene. Alvarado Street, where the Puma Road tasting room is located, is now filled with new and established wineries eager to introduce their offerings to locals and out-of-towners alike.

If you’re a wine geek, a music lover, or just generally appreciate an architecturally beautiful space, the Martin Woods wine tasting experience at HiFi Vinyl Bar is for you. Winemaker Evan Woods takes the expression of authentic Oregon terroir to an entirely new level as he extracts and then bottles

Salvatore Rombi’s Rombi Wines, located in Carmel Valley, California, is a rare find. Because while many boutique winemakers own their own tasting rooms, few actually stand behind the counter every weekend and pour for their customers!

Even among the supremely beautiful setting that is Anderson Valley, with its sky-high redwoods, lush hills, and fog that rolls in and out of the valley as if it’s on an invisible timer, the Phillips Hill Winery stands out.

Carmel Valley has an off-the-beaten-path feel compared to Napa Valley and Sonoma County, both of which have been wine tourism hot spots for decades. On a recent visit through Central California wine country, we swung through the center of the valley, right down Carmel Valley Road, in search of one

The Jacob Williams Winery was a nice find on our recent trip through downtown McMinnville’s wine tasting rooms. While the winery itself is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, owner Brad Gearhart and winemaker Peter Cushman, who manages vineyards on both sides of the river, decided

Visiting the Lula Cellars’ Anderson Valley tasting room in the town of Philo is an absolute joy. The beautiful, open-air tasting room is nestled among the rolling hills and the bright blue California skies seem to go on for days.

It’s probably safe to say that there aren’t many winemakers whose introduction to wine begins with a bottle of 1961 Bollinger, but that was just the bottle that started winemaker Rob Stuart on his journey into the world of wine.

Roederer Estate’s reputation precedes it. It’s no wonder that one of the most searched questions about the Roederer Estate is, ‘who owns Roederer Estate,’ and is this sparkling wine producer behind the similarly named Louis Roederer Champagne, the same Champagne house that owns Cristal? It is indeed.

Whether you’re talking

Knights Bridge Winery is a true family winery built around a partnership between the Bailey family – Essel and Jim Bailey, and their wives, Menakka and Kelley, respectively, and close family friends Cindy and Tom Costin.

In 2006, the trio of couples collectively left their careers in the investment world,

There are lots of opinions on where to go wine tasting in Baja. You can easily drive by Casta de Vinos on your way to the always packed, and very commercial Decantos Vinicola, but to do so would be a big mistake.