Napa Valley

In January, it is customary to reflect on the past year after the whirlwind of holiday events, to reflect on the positives and negatives of 2017. As a wine writer, and overall lover of wine, the fiercely tragic California fires...

I attended the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers in the Napa Valley. Between seminars, tastings, and meetings, I had the opportunity to spend some time in the captivating area of St Helena, in the delightful home of Rosemary Cakebread, winemaker...

Originario dell'Australia, Richie Allen non pensava di rimanere in California a lungo termine. Ma oggi Rombauer è casa sua e lì si impegna per fare il miglior vino possibile, puntando sulla qualità più che sulla quantità

Originally from Australia, Richie Allen didn't want to stay in California long term. Now he sees Rombauer as his home. They allow him to strive to make the best wines: “We don’t care how much you have to make but...

Una volta i vini della Napa Valley non venivano presi sul serio. Fu il Judgment of Paris, nel 1976, a sdoganare l'idea che si potesse fare ottimo vino anche al di fuori di Francia o Italia. Oggi la regione ha...

Until a few decades ago, wines from the Napa Valley were not taken that seriously. In 1976 the Judgment of Paris changed everything. That event legitimized the idea that decent wine could be made in a country that did not have...

Chi critica la sentenza della corte suprema che garantisce il diritto di sposarsi alle coppie gay mi ricorda quelli che si oppongono all'introduzione di metodologie moderne nella vinificazione: in entrambi i casi si teme la perdita di antiche tradizioni. Ma...

Critics of the ruling of the Supreme Court which guaranteed the rights of same-sex marriage remind me of those who oppose the introduction of modern methods in winemaking: in both cases there is a fear that long-lived traditions will be...