Interview: sommelier Phil Park (Restaurant Guy Savoy)
Phil Park is a native New Yorker who first became enamored with wine on the job at Park Avenue Café. He stepped up his interest and knowledge in Chicago, at Tru, before transitioning to...
Interview: Jean-Charles Boisset (Domaine de la Vougeraie)
Horses plow the soil instead of machines, workers spray tisanes crafted from estate-grown herbs instead of pesticides, and cow horns are buried beneath the vines to catalyze the energy of the moon, sun and...
Santa Barbara Wine Dinner @ Shutters on the Beach
Let’s start with the setting, the third-floor patio at Shutters on the Beach, featuring spectacular ocean views and a king’s table dressed with white tablecloths and an army of wine glasses. That was my...
Interview: winemaker Tiffinee Vierra (Derby Wine Estates)
Ray and Pam Derby moved to the Central Coast to retire, but were soon swept up by the surrounding wine community. They acquired Derbyshire Vineyard in 1998, then added Laura’s Vineyard and Derby Vineyard....
Interview: Four Brix Winery co-founder Jim Noonan
Friends Jim and Tracy Noonan, Gary and Karen Stewart and Steve and Lora Simonsgaard united to found Four Brix Winery in 2008. The sextet produces wine in Paso Robles. It’s poured at area restaurants...
Interview: Toucan Wines co-founder Doug Timewell
Doug Timewell and Terrie Leivers founded a three-and-a-half acre micro-winery called Toucan Wines in 2004. They currently produce 400 cases per year of Zinfandel and Petite Sirah wines on their hillside vineyard in California’s...
