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Rombauer Vineyards is a California powerhouse that has produced legendary and style-dictating wines since its founding in 1980. Despite quickly becoming a giant in the California and global wine world, the winery remains family owned, now encompassing 3 generations of the Rombauer family. The Rombauer family moved from their home in Escondido, California to Napa Valley, to start their family home with two children, two horses, and five dogs, in 1972. Once in Napa Valley, Koerner and Joan R …

Caymus Vineyards produces some of the most revered wines in the world. Focusing mostly on Cabernet Sauvignons this legendary winery has been producing quality bottles since 1972. In 1971 Charles F. “Charlie” Wagner and his wife Lorna Belle Glos Wagner asked their son Charles J. “Chuck” Wagner, who had just graduated from high school, if he would be interested in joining them in starting up a winery. Charlie and Lorna planned to sell the ranch land and move to Australia, if Chuck chose not …

Jeffrey Keene, formerly of Knights Bridge Winery, has joined Robert Mondavi Winery. He will work asSenior Winemaker to help oversee production of Robert Mondavi Winery Reserve, To Kalon, Napa Valley, and Oakville wines at the Oakville winery.He comes with a great deal of experience making wine in Napa Valley, as well as outside California. After earning a degree in Chemistry from the Auckland Institute of Technology (NZ) and postgraduate Diploma with Distinction in V …

The allure of a vintage wine is irresistible to a hopeless romantic or pragmatic wine collector. To the romantic, the bottle is not only filled with well-aged wine, but with history. With the year one was born, or was married. A wine could literally be as old as one’s love for their spouse. To the wine collector it is a good investment, if not just a good glass of wine. The many appeals of bottle aged wine send imaginations and bank accounts wild. Though not everyone knows how or why bottl …

Understanding one’s wine palate is a journey and can lead to some exciting and eye-opening experiences. It can also lead to frustration if you don’t fully understand it. Your wine palate is made up of more than just your taste buds. Knowing that taste, smell, and feel all work together to inform your palate is the first step in understanding your palate. The mouth feel of a wine, from silky to sandpapery, plays an important part in the experience of a glass of wine, just as smelling and ta …