am very excited to meet Lisa and Les, and view the Erna Schein winery as one of the hospitality events during the Auction Napa Valley 2011(#ANV11), Below is a description of the event: Spring Mountain Cookout. You can still register to attend the auction and one of the available hospitality events here: Can't get to napa? MORE >>

Musque is an aromatic version of Blanc, and it is responsible for some of the cult Sauvignons from Napa Valley (Arietta, Araujo), which is what led me here. The land is tended by Oak Knoll Farming, with whom I've had a good relationship the past three years, but the risk is whether this varietal will mature properly this far south in Napa Co. MORE >>

Crosby Roamann Napa ValleyWe've reached about 50% veraison in our small plot of Merlot at Jaeger Vineyard just west of Big Ranch Road in Oak Knoll District. Our clone 181 is catching up slowly on last year. We've been about two weeks behind schedule, but the recent weather has brought things along nicely. There isn't a lot of shatter here. MORE >>

Evan Dawson, who writes about Finger Lakes wines for the New York Cork Report (and who we last saw here ), recently tweeted that he was in Napa. Whither Napa Cabernet? There is no tasting room on one of Napa’s two main thoroughfares. Maybe Napa has changed over the years. Today we have his thoughts. By Evan Dawson. MORE >>

From Chateau Montelena, the vineyard featured in the movie Bottle Shock , and winner of the 1976 Judgement in Paris, comes this 2007 Chardonnay loaded with lemon rinds, apricot, apples, melon, pineapple, slate and smooth buttery flavors, with oak, spice and vanilla reflecting a long complex finish. Thanks Jordan, I saved this for a special occasion. MORE >>