114 results for "Mike Dunne"
Dunne on Wine: Montevina Winery gives starring role to barbera
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 12:00 AMIf they follow their usual timetable, federal and state agricultural officials any day now will release their annual calculation of vineyard acreage in California.
Sorelle Winery rosato may be perfect for that first sip into spring
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 12:00 AMSpring. Too early to haul from the recesses of the closet the white pants and the white shoes, but not too early to start stocking the refrigerator with bottles of pink wine.
Dunne on Wine: Primitivo seems familiar, and rightly so
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 12:00 AMEarly on in their annual update of grape acreage in California, the federal and state agricultural officials who track this sort of thing include a long list of synonyms for the names of grape varieties. Mataro, for example, also can be called m...
Dunne on Wine: Tin Roof blends competitive wines at low prices
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 12:00 AMDuring the distractions of the year-end holidays, you may have missed the news: Researchers at Michigan State University concluded that three corporations account for slightly more than half of all wine sales in the United States.
Dunne on wine: La Clarine Farm builds strong wines – including syrah – with a minimalist approach
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 12:00 AMIn the 1990s, after living in Germany for several years, where they were involved in the music business, Hank Beckmeyer and Caroline Hoel agreed that it was time to do something different.
Dunne on Wine: Edmunds St. John
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 12:00 AM"Gamay noir à jus blanc" is the long, formal and traditional name for a variety of grape that yields a popular but largely underappreciated style of wine, Beaujolais.
Dunne on wine: On the twisted trail of torrontes
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 12:00 AMAfter an unusually cool growing season left his Santa Barbara County stand of touriga nacional in poor shape in 2011, Ken Volk went looking for a new source of the black Portuguese grape variety.
Dunne on Wine: Solune Winegrowers 2009 Sierra Foothills Cabernet Sauvignon
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 12:00 AMA little more than a decade ago, Jacques Mercier and Andrea Hamer, returning to their home in the San Francisco Bay Area after a skiing holiday at Lake Tahoe, detoured off Interstate 80 for their first look at Nevada City and Grass Valley. They&...
Dunne on wine: Twisted Oak has a little fun
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 12:00 AMWine pilgrims eager to explore Calaveras County have it easy.
Dunne on wine: Reata winery worth a turn and a taste
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12:00 AMSacramentans eager to get to the heart of Napa Valley for a day of wine tasting customarily speed by the first winery they encounter along Highway 12 connecting Interstate 80 with the valley's main route, Highway 29.
