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I like my white wine chilly. It is crispier, fruitier that way, less thick, less buttery. At home this is no problem. At restaurants it [...]

"LaToya Jackson drinks a lot of white wine," said Jerrus about one his regulars at Fig & Olive, a swank West Hollywood restaurant. "She usually [...]

There is a tired old joke about a tourist lost in upper Manhattan who asks, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" A local New [...]

When judging subjective entities such as art, food or wine, most seem blindly beholden to pundits that set tastes and act as kingmakers. Skepticism and [...]

Long time Californians are accustomed to the ups and downs of drought and flood cycles, especially in my area in the Northern Central Valley, dependent [...]

 "It's treacherous out there," said the young man pouring samples of pinot noir at John Tyler, "every year several bikers get killed, mostly mowed down [...]

A patient of mine gave me a bottle of Rombauer Cabernet Sauvignon as a Christmas present on the eve of her death. She was a [...]

I had planned a Napa Valley theme for this blog. In the meanwhile the great Napa earthquake occurred exactly a week ago. I therefore thought [...]

A San Francisco friend recently posted a Facebook photo of the impressive, multi-course menu you see below, a meal she much enjoyed at the Four [...]

"Are you from the neighborhood?" I asked a young man sitting next to us at the bar. We were at Cocotte, a small French bistro [...]