Oct. 15, 2012 Issue
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Columns
Posted: October 15, 2012 By James Laube
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Less is more when it comes to blind tasting
Posted: October 4, 2012 By James Laube
Some of the most frequently asked questions of me are about tasting: How do we conduct tastings? How often do we taste? How many wines do we taste at a time? My philosophy: Less is more.
Sept. 30, 2012 Issue
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Features
Emeril Lagasse
Posted: September 30, 2012 By James Laube
Sept. 30, 2012 Issue
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Columns
Posted: September 30, 2012 By James Laube
Sept. 30, 2012 Issue
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Features
These California wineries have recently set their sights on Pinot Noir, the state’s fastest-rising red. Shifting gears is often difficult in wine, yet this trio shows how deftly it can be done
Posted: September 30, 2012 By James Laube
Sept. 30, 2012 Issue
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Tasting Reports
2010 rivals the great 2009 vintage for California Pinot Noir
Posted: September 30, 2012 By James Laube
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Cirq will debut with a Russian River Valley Pinot Noir from the Treehouse vineyard
Posted: September 24, 2012 By James Laube
Michael Browne is stepping beyond, but not out of, Kosta Browne.
In 2014, the co-founder and winemaker at the Sonoma County winery synonymous with a stable of fine Pinot Noirs is adding a new wine called Cirq. The 2011 vintage is from Treehouse vineyard, which he and his partners lease in Russian River Valley.
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Don't let the weight mislead you: Those ultraheavy bottles hold the same amount of wine as the rest
Posted: September 7, 2012 By James Laube
You have to wonder how many people really like those super-sized wine bottles that most of the ultra-high-end Napa Cabernets come in (though the hefty bottle phenomenon is by no means limited to California). I know many of the vintners who use them like them. Maybe they're saving money on a gym membership by hauling them around all day.
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On a weekend planned to celebrate the couple's success at Chateau St. Jean, they instead mourn the loss of their son
Posted: September 5, 2012 By James Laube
It was a weekend intended to honor two fine winemakers. Instead it turned into mourning for their loss. Margo and Don Van Staaveren were to be feted this past weekend at the Sonoma Valley Wine Auction for their contributions to Sonoma wine. No couple has ever been more deserving. But in as tragic a turn of events as one could imagine, the Van Staaveren's lost their only son, Coby, 22, on Thursday. He was killed in a skateboarding accident in San Luis Obispo, where he was a student entering his senior year at Cal Poly SLO.
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Labor Day weekend brings out Napa's wild berry pickers and tomato lovers
Posted: August 31, 2012 By James Laube
The berry people are out, bacon sales are on the uptick and harvest widows (and widowers) are girding themselves for vintage 2012.
The berry people's numbers have been growing for the past few weeks. You see them mostly on back roads, picking the wild blackberries that grow on prickly tangled vines along the streambeds. Early in the season it's tricky finding the ripe berries, because even if they've darkened, they can be tart, as in mouth-puckeringly supersour. Those who prefer riper berries wait.
