We pulled out all the stops - had the living room re-done with shag carpeting, disco balls, velour shirts, and big jugs of California white wine. The 2005 Vincent Dauvissat Chablis , about $25, imported by Wine Cellars (acquired from a private collection) was a ripe and fleshy wine that showed lots of flesh and interest for a regional wine. MORE >>

It loosely depicts the events of the Paris tasting of 1976 when a Chateau Montelena Chardonnay and a Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon surprised the wine world by beating their French peers in a blind tasting. So Ross Schwartz told the assembled group at the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers in Napa last week. MORE >>

In the Cedars-Sinai study, 36 women were randomized to drink either Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay daily for almost a month, then switched to the other type of wine. Blood was collected twice each month to measure hormone levels. LOS ANGELES (Jan. women, new research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows. Co-author Glenn D. MORE >>

The sun shone brightly, and the collective mood was high. This is because the wine is from a place that actually favors and specializes in Pinot Noir, not Chardonnay. This past weekend I participated in one of the greatest wine events of my life. This was not a business lunch. The wines were very special. MORE >>

and "California promotes wines that dont suck" Um.since when did fresh herbs become weird?! And millions of people think that California wines dont suck.but that certainly isnt an indication of greatness. Doesnt the fellow realize there would be no California wine without Europe? Oh right, I fear the "East Coast collective." MORE >>