The Near-Death of California Cabernets

Some of the most riveting cabernets throughout California have all traced their parentage back to… Continue reading

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Eighteenth century French kings would accept Madiran wines as payment for taxes. What grape would the royalty have… Continue reading

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“We entered the wine industry when there were no wine magazines, no wine critics, no 100-point scale—all 23 of us vintners in the Napa Valley in the 1960s. What we learned, we learned from the vineyard itself. Back then, it seemed like less was better.”

— Janet Trefethen (Trefethen Family Vineyards is 50 years old this year)