Newton Vineyard estate director Jean-Baptiste Rivail welcomes Wine Spectator's James Molesworth to the Newton property on Napa's Spring Mountain for a first look at the damage sustained in the 2020 Glass fire and a chat about how the winery will rebuild.
Nigel and Shae Kinsman take us to … an empty dirt lot—aka Calistoga's Geeslin Vineyard, the once and future home of Eisele clone Cabernet Sauvignon vines on St. George rootstock—and explain why the vines were recently pulled out and new vines are going in.
This simple bruschetta highlights creamy lemon ricotta topped with oven-roasted spring asparagus and mouthwatering pan-fried pancetta. And it pairs beautifully with a minerally white wine!
Winemaker Roy Urvieta talks terroir and Pinot Noir with assistant editor Shawn Zylberberg in Le Paradis vineyard in Argentina's Gualtallary district, a high-altitude (5,000 feet elevation) winemaking region in the Tupungato department of Mendoza's Uco Valley.
At Château Léoville Barton, ninth-generation vintner Lilian Barton-Sartorius gives us a Barton family history lesson and a tasting of recent vintages of Léoville, Langoa and Mauvesin Barton, including the stellar 2015 grand vin.
It's time to put your arts-and-crafts skills to work in the wine cellar! Make your own one-of-a-kind glassware with this guide to upcycling used wine bottles. (Advanced level: Try turning them into candles!)
Up on Napa's Diamond Mountain, Nigel and Shae Kinsman talk about caring for older Cabernet vines at the former Reverie Vineyard, the property's history and how these grapes are used in their Rhadamanthus cuvée.
We headed back to the chicken coop at Vegetable Power Farm for this quick and easy recipe for the perfect poached egg.
Chef Charlie Palmer takes us to Duke's Spirited Cocktails in Healdsburg, Calif., to meet craft cocktail master Tara Heffernon. She shakes up some Junípero gin with yellow plum cordial, Duke's burdock bitters, shiso, Dolin vermouth and fresh-squeezed lemon juice, and talks bartenders vs. mixologists.
Wine Spectator is celebrating the canine companions of wineries and wine lovers in our March 31, 2021, issue, and on our website. Head to WineSpectator.com/Dogs for additional coverage, including more of our very own staff dogs. Follow along on social media at #WSDogs, and submit your own furry friends for inclusion at WineSpectator.com/DogPhotos.
We're enjoying the bounty of the chicken coop at Vegetable Power Farm with this easy recipe for spinach, shallot and cheese quiches.
Winemaker Meghan Zobeck gives us a look at the ongoing vineyard upgrades at Burgess on Howell Mountain in Napa Valley and explains the concept of "regenerative farming."
