#laughingwhileblack — Grounds for a Lawsuit

The Napa Valley Wine Train is one train I will NEVER ride.

Employees and management at the above named company chose to accept the funds of two to three people over twelve African-American book club members and proceeded to kick…

Bebiendo el terroir

Napa Valley

: Napa Valley

The Day You Run From a Wildfire (a mostly visual essay)

Moving to the Bay Area from NY to get married and start a family this past spring has led to the best summer of my life. Ashley and I were launched into west coast life via cross-country drive with our pooch companion, a rescue named…

HARVEST: Part Hang Time, Part Hustle

{Winter 2013}

In winegrowing circles, the concept of “hang time” is fraught with a not surprising combination of romance and controversy.[1] Thankfully, those of us who grow and produce our wines based on the estate model are more…

“Slow Meats Fast”

The Purpose and People Behind Heritage Eats

HARVEST HOMAGE

{Winter 2013}

In the annals of winemaking, harvest is everything: an ending, a beginning, the Napa Valley’s grandest spectacle… a fabulous frenzy of fits and starts with…

CC Wines of the Month — Dec 2015

Francis Coppola Reserve — Dry Creek Valley — 2013 Syrah

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

{Fall 2013}

Like everything else in the wine business, there’s more to our label than meets the eye.

In 2009 — exactly 150 years after it was built — we mounted the letters
B-R-O-W…

PLACE MATTERS: There’s More To Brown Estate Than Meets The Eye

{Spring 2011}

Wine of the Day #10: Opus One’s Paul Hobbs

2012 Laird Estate Jillian’s Blend Red | RP91 | ‘The Best Yet!’