Billsboro Winery was opened as Geneva's first winery in the spring of 2000 by Bob Pool and Jennifer Morris and is home to 26 acres of rolling hills, vineyards and forest. I think it gets a little scary when you choose a not so good wine for three consecutive nights. That happened this week. But, halllelujah, tonight was a bit more successful. MORE >>

“[Simon] Staples has remortgaged his home three times in the last 10 years (in 2000, 2005 and 2009) to buy Bordeaux. Bloomberg analyzes the impact on California wine of the recent changes at the Wine Advocate. SIPPED and SPIT: journalists at sommelier competitions. SIPPED: Royal Wedding champage. If so, hit the comments. MORE >>

Premature oxidation of dry, age-worthy white wines–be they from Burgundy, Bordeaux or California–is a tremendous problem today, and at this point in time it does not look to me as if any meaningful progress has been made since the scourge first became readily apparent when the 1996 white Burgundies began to tank. think not. MORE >>

You won't spend more than $40 on recent vintages, and that's a pretty good deal for what I would say is among the very finest California Chardonnay. 2000 Domaine de Montbourgeau Vin Jaune , $75, Imported by Neal Rosenthal Wine Merchant. But I do want to share a little bit: 1994 Stony Hill Napa Valley Chardonnay , price unknown. MORE >>

Organic" WAS conventional, in that it was just-the-way-things-were-done, up until about a half century ago when chemical companies began calling on farmers (I interviewed one of the patriarchs of California agriculture recently, and he was the one who turned on that lightbulb for me. Main | Hearty Burgundy at Sanford? Do check it out. MORE >>