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Latest Auction Highlights

April 30, 1999 Latest Auction Highlights BUTTERFIELD, BUTTERFIELD & DUNNING (San Francisco) SALE DATE Jan. 23 SALE TOTAL $1.1 million (including the 15 percent buyer's premium) NUMBER OF LOTS 1,599 PERCENT SOLD 97 Wine / Quantity / Price / …

From the Apr 30, 1999 issue
Article / Exploring Wine with Tim Fish

A Wine Obsession? Are You Talkin' to Me?

Wine Spectator associate editor Tim Fish recalls his past days of wine obsessing, when he would exhaustively search for hard-to-find wines. His obsessing is largely a thing of the past, but it still rears its head from time to time. Which …

  • Tim Fish
Sep 12, 2012
Article / Columns

A Fateful Handshake

James Laube explores the life of grapegrower and négociant Tom May and his contributions to Napa's wine industry.

  • James Laube
From the Feb 28, 2018 issue
Article / Columns

Paying the Price

Paying the Price By James Laube, senior editor You may think that wine pricing is a sophisticated, profoundly analytical process, but for many fine wines, it's far from it. The price you pay for wine is more likely tied to a winery's own …

  • James Laube
Feb 3, 2000
Article / Columns

Paying the Price

December 31st, 1999 Paying the Price By James Laube You may think that wine pricing is a sophisticated, profoundly analytical process, but for many fine wines, it's far from it. The price you pay for wine is more likely tied to a winery's …

From the Dec 31, 1999 issue
Article / Columns

Contemplating The Magic Of Martha's Cabernet

Contemplating The Magic Of Martha's Cabernet A denim-clad Tom May furrowed his brow, but shrugged off the weather. Never mind that his Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were stuck at a not-quite-fully-ripe 21 degrees Brix in the …

From the Dec 15, 1994 issue
Article / James Laube's Wine Flights

Farewell to a Friend: Barney Rhodes Dies at 88

Barney Rhodes , a great wine connoisseur and owner of Bella Oaks Vineyard in Napa Valley, died today at age 88 after a brief illness. His wife, Belle, died last year. Barney and Belle moved to Napa in the early 1960s and planted their …

  • James Laube
Apr 1, 2008
Article / News

Leading from the Top: A Live Chat with Carlton McCoy

The CEO of Napa's Heitz Cellar talks about his incredible journey from high-school dropout to star sommelier to the upper crust of California Cabernet, and how the wine industry can become more inclusive for those like him

  • Shawn Zylberberg
Aug 6, 2020
Article / James Laube's Wine Flights

One-Hit Wine Wonders

Last week I read a story in the New York Times about 1960s rocker Norman Greenbaum. Some of you will recall he wrote the one-hit wonder, "Spirit In The Sky," in 1969, which by the way was a great vintage for Napa Cabernet and a washout in …

  • James Laube
Dec 26, 2006
Article / News in Print

Grapevine

October 15, 1997 Grapevine Marcel Ducasse , director and winemaker at Château Lagrange in Bordeaux, will make a white wine for the first time in the history of the estate, either this year or next, depending on the crop.

From the Oct 15, 1997 issue
Article / News in Print

Barney Rhodes, 1920-2008

Barney Rhodes was a wine man for all seasons—a vineyard owner, winery investor, student and versatile collector. Perhaps most importantly, he helped revive the Napa wine industry in the 1960s from its post-Prohibition economic and creative …

  • James Laube
From the Jun 15, 2008 issue
Article / James Laube's Wine Flights

Don't Always Swing at the First Pitch

A long, long, long time ago, when I had just started writing about wine, I typed (on a typewriter) a piece for a now-defunct magazine about the importance of getting on wineries’ mailing lists. In the article, I wrote that I enjoyed …

  • James Laube
Mar 29, 2007
Article / James Laube's Wine Flights

Sifting Though an Old Cellar

I visited with Barney Rhodes at his home in Rutherford on Friday. Barney will turn 87 this year and is in fair to good health. He’s an old friend and one of the great wine men of Napa Valley and beyond, a true connoisseur with an incredibl…

  • James Laube
Oct 1, 2007
Article

Morrell & Co. grosses $700,000 in sale built for speed

January 31, 1996 Morrell & Co. grosses $700,000 in sale built for speed The most dramatic aspect of Morrell & Co.'s Nov. 18 auction was its speed. Auctioneer David Molyneux-Berry knocked down 220 lots per hour, about 50 percent faster than …

From the Jan 31, 1996 issue
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In the Vineyard at Bella Oaks

Winemaker Nigel Kinsman gives senior editor James Molesworth a look at the Bella Oaks vineyard in Napa's Rutherford AVA, which in the past has been bottled as a single-vineyard Cabernet under the Heitz and Staglin labels.

Aug 24, 2021
Article / Tasting Highlights

9 Fruit-Forward California Zinfandels

Scores and tasting notes for California Zinfadel from Napa Valley and Sonoma's Dry Creek Valley and Russian River Valley, reviewed by Wine Spectator senior editor Tim Fish.

  • Aaron Romano
Oct 30, 2017
Article / James Laube's Wine Flights

Remembering a Napa Belle

Vineyard owner Belle Rhodes' death on Feb. 13 went largely unnoticed in the wine world, even in Napa Valley, where she resided for most of her 87 years. In her prime, Belle and her husband, Barney, kept a low profile and shunned the …

  • James Laube
Mar 14, 2007
Video

Wine Spectator's No. 3 Wine of 2021

Heitz Martha’s Vineyard is a Napa icon, and the property's new owners and winemaker have brought it back to its past glory, earning this Oakville Cabernet the No. 3 spot among Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2021. Senior editor James Molesworth, who reviewed the wine, explains how this California classic has been modernized without sacrificing tradition.

Nov 10, 2021
Video

In the Vineyard at Ink Grade

Winemaker Matt Taylor invited senior editor James Molesworth for a look at Ink Grade on Howell Mountain in California's Napa Valley. The Cabernet Sauvignon project is part of the Lawrence family's slate of brands that includes Heitz Cellar, Burgess Cellars, Stony Hill and others.

Aug 31, 2021
Article

Napa Valley Cabernet Hall of Fame

James Laube's Napa Valley Cabernet Hall of Fame For this fantasy list of all-star Cabernets, I've chosen a range of vintages--older wines that have demonstrated their greatness by improving with age and newer releases that I think will …

  • James Laube
Feb 18, 2000
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