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SUMMER WINES FROM LODI
Lodi grape growers and winemakers produce some of the best Zinfandels in the world. Two hours inland from San Francisco, temperatures climb and the sun shines bright all summer here, allowing grapes to ripen perfectly year after year. But thanks to cooling effects of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, running from the Central Valley directly to […]
DISCOVER FRANCIACORTA – ITALY’S MOST SERIOUS SPARKLER & A MOST WORTHY HOLIDAY WINE
NewsAllSpiritsWineCocktailsBeerLifestyle More Recipes Videos Vintage Alcohol Ads Field Trips About Us Discover Franciacorta Italy’s Most Serious Sparkler & A Most Worthy Holiday Wine Early on in my wine career the Champagne started flowing. I knew I would have a long love affair with this fine, elegant, and expensive sparkling wine. I just didn’t know how […]
SUMMER WINE SUBSCRIPTIONS YOU’LL WANT TO TRY NOW
Food and Wine Catherine Fallis Sun Aug 2 While many things in our lives have been upended this year, one thing remains in place — our love for wine! And that love becomes even stronger when we have the convenience and security of having some one else pick it out for us. But with the […]
BADIA A COLTIBUONO
blog | April 9, 2020 – 4:51pm | By Catherine Fallis Etruscans in the first century and later Romans produced wine here in the sun-drenched hills of Gaiole in Chianti in the heart of Tuscany. In 1051 St. Giovanni Gualberto, founder of the Vallumbrosan order of Benedictine monks, established the abbey, or “Badia” of Good […]
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS AVA FALL EVENTS
PRESS RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA – The Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association (SCMWA) announces 7 upcoming Fall events. Saturday, August 24 – Taste of the Mountains Celebrates Santa Cruz Mountains Wines. Enjoy an afternoon of tasting and discovering wines from small, local boutique wineries of the Santa Cruz Mountains in one location. Taste wines from […]
2019 LODI ZINFEST BLIND TASTING
May 23, 2019 | Randy Caparoso 2019 ZinFest Blind Tasting: How Lodi Zinfandels compare to some of California’s finest Round 1 (of 3) wines in ZinFest Zinfandel Blind Tasting (special thanks to Suzanne Ledbetter for photos in this article) The 2019 Zinfandel Blind Tasting – taking place on May 17, the Friday before […]
A MASTER CICERONE’S BEER PICKS
Master Cicerone, Brewmaster and Certified Sommelier Rich Higgins recommends these beers for Super Bowl and beyond: nv Sixpoint Puff Brooklyn New York nv Siren Barrel Aged Lemon Cello IPA nv Fuller’s London Pride London England nv St. Bernardus Abt 12 Watou West Flanders Belgium nv Saison Dupont Tourpes Hainaut Belgium nv Dupont Avec Les […]
BONNY DOON VINEYARD PRESENTS ‘GRAPETIONARY A-Z’
Press Release Charles Communications Associates San Francisco Wednesday October 5, 2016 Taste 26 wines representing each letter of the alphabet from A-Z at Bonny Doon’s Popelouchum Estate Vineyard in San Juan Bautista Saturday, October 29, 2016 WHAT Swirl, Sniff, Savor. Repeat x 26. Bonny Doon proprietor Randall Grahm invites you to stroll […]
VALLEY FIRE RELIEF AUCTION AT THE VINTNERS HALL OF FAME
A Message from Paul Wagner, President, Balzac Communications and Debra Sommerfield, President, Lake County Winegrape Commission We’d like to ask a favor of you—in the hopes that you might be willing to help the people of Lake County whose homes and families were destroyed by the Valley Fire. Would you please check out this link and look at all […]
THE MONK’S ELIXIR – Unique Sagrantino DOCG is Ripe for Discovery
Planet Grape The SOMM Journal October November 2015 While tourists flock to artistic, medieval Perugia and Assisi, landlocked Umbria’s bucolic green rolling hills provide idyllic growing conditions for spicy olives, lentils, wheat and spelt, and the tartufo nero (black truffle) di Norcia. Black pigs roam the verdant hills and lush forests, along with deer, sheep and cows. […]
PINOT FEST 2015 – A PUBLIC TASTING OF SEXY WINE
Billed as “The Great Big Bacchanalia,” Pinot Fest is one of the most anticipated wine tasting events of the year. It is rare to have winemakers and winery principles from some of the top names in California Pinot Noir in the same room (technically 3 rooms, but still). Fifty-eight wineries were present. Organized by Pat […]
THE LADIES OF VINO NOBILE
A select group of sommeliers, wine merchants and journalists were invited to a presentation yesterday at St. Vincent Tavern & Wine Merchant in San Franciscohonoring “The Ladies of Vino Nobile,” Virginie Saverys, the new owner of Avignonesi, and her winemaker Ashleigh Seymour. Belgian Virginie Saverys was an investor in this well-known Tuscan estate since 2007, […]
SAUVIGNON BLANC REGIONAL TASTING PROFILE – NAPA VALLEY
Summertime in a Glass Resident Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis In this Sauvignon Blanc Regional Tasting Profile, Resident Master Sommelier, Catherine Fallis aka grape goddess of Planet Grape, takes a look at the iconic Napa Valley – a terrific place for Sauv Blanc… Sauvignon Blanc is grown in many sub-appellations around the Napa Valley. Map courtesy […]
Planet Grape’s Top Ten Champagnes of 2014
Glass of Bubbly, Champagne & Sparkling Wine Magazine Issue 4, December 2014/January 2015 Planet Grape sends me out to host private and corporate wine events, which often include a Champagne sabering performance (see picture with black French silk hand-feathered gown styled by Material Goods as I saber Krug Champagne for Sinegal Estate Winery’s Harvest Party […]
The Best Champagnes on the Market
Glass of Bubbly, Champagne & Sparkling Wine Magazine Issue 2, August/September 2014 Look for non-vintage (nv) releases including the precise, muscular, yet graceful nv Philipponnat Grand Blanc de Blancs $60, yeasty and deeply toasty with notes of almond butter and lemon crème brulee, the nv Delamotte Brut $50, aka Baby Salon, elegant, ethereal almost, as it is primarily Grand […]
Secrets of Wine & Cheese Matching
Part of the bounty of Northern California is its plethora of artisanal cheeses, which are featured proudly alongside the traditional European choices in shops and farmer’s markets. You might see the parallel with our local wines. Are the local cheeses better? We have the happy cows after all, and maybe the happy goats. As with […]
Sassicaia’s Flying Wine Maker Dottore Sebastiano Rosa
Sassicaia is a wine known and loved the world over. From a beautiful coastal hamlet in Tuscany, this Super Tuscan blend is hands down Italy’s most famous wine. It is also the world’s second most counterfeited wine after Chateau Petrus. So what is behind this success story? In 1948, the Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta began […]
INTERVIEW Mel Knox, Mel Knox Barrel Broker, San Francisco
The Sommelier Journal October 15 2012 Catherine Fallis, MS A wine-industry veteran brings French barriques to California. On one of San Francisco’s infamously cold, foggy, and damp summer days, Mel Knox regaled me with stories of his long, illustrious career as a barrel broker and winemaker. I first met Knox when I moved here more […]
INTERVIEW Terry Theise, Berkeley, California
The Sommelier Journal May 31 2012 Catherine Fallis, MS The famed importer’s philosophy emanates from a respect for the land. Terry Theise is a man after my own heart: passionate champion of underdogs; perfume lover (with scarce opportunities to wear it); seeker of balance in wine, people, and life; natural educator and co-conspirator; and bon vivant whose […]
INTERVIEW Christian Moueix, Jean-Pierre Moueix, Libourne, France
The Sommelier Journal January 31 2011 Catherine Fallis, MS A top Bordeaux producer has a passion for Napa. As I pulled into the parking lot of Dominus in Yountville, Calif., I couldn’t help but notice the difference between this discreet, nearly invisible structure and the many architectural showcases along Highway 29. I had already learned […]
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