Regions: California - Napa — WINE ARCHIVE

A small countertrend in Napa: crafting high quality, affordable wines alongside reserve and estate wines. After sampling two cabs in Napa, I’ll drink to that.

Oct 17

Oct 17 A small countertrend in Napa: crafting high quality, affordable wines alongside reserve and estate wines. After sampling two cabs in Napa, I’ll drink to that.

Michael Braverman

Something old, very old, like pre-Prohibition grapevines that are part of California vinicultural history, but probably very new to your table. One winery’s focus on “ancient vines.”

Apr 28

Apr 28 Something old, very old, like pre-Prohibition grapevines that are part of California vinicultural history, but probably very new to your table. One winery’s focus on “ancient vines.”

Michael Braverman

In the Santa Rita hills, 230 acres, 59 micro-blocks, numerous clones and rootstocks: sounds labyrinthine but one cool and collected winemaker has it all under control.

Feb 17

Feb 17 In the Santa Rita hills, 230 acres, 59 micro-blocks, numerous clones and rootstocks: sounds labyrinthine but one cool and collected winemaker has it all under control.

Michael Braverman

Stylish and expensive. Affordable and enjoyable. Hitting the big time with media recognition. Three Stag’s Leap wineries offer different encounters. Experience them all.

Jan 2

Jan 2 Stylish and expensive. Affordable and enjoyable. Hitting the big time with media recognition. Three Stag’s Leap wineries offer different encounters. Experience them all.

Michael Braverman

Striking building? Sumptuous tasting room? All this Napa winery offers is a pergola perched on the crest of a small hill, perfect views, and of course a superb cabernet sauvignon.

Dec 29

Dec 29 Striking building? Sumptuous tasting room? All this Napa winery offers is a pergola perched on the crest of a small hill, perfect views, and of course a superb cabernet sauvignon.

Michael Braverman

Sourcing grapes from varied locations in Napa, hand picking at night, and being very fussy about it all. Aging the wines deep inside the mountain. The results are impressive.

Dec 26

Dec 26 Sourcing grapes from varied locations in Napa, hand picking at night, and being very fussy about it all. Aging the wines deep inside the mountain. The results are impressive.

Michael Braverman

Drinking wines in situ, in the building where they were vinified, overlooking the vines that produced the grapes, with the people who produced the wine. It’s a total experience.

Dec 22

Dec 22 Drinking wines in situ, in the building where they were vinified, overlooking the vines that produced the grapes, with the people who produced the wine. It’s a total experience.

Michael Braverman

Dec 19

Dec 19 An evening cooking in Napa: pork from an enterprising little pig, wine from a splendid small Napa estate. Heaven.

Michael Braverman

Take some Kobe beef and Kurobuta pork from Snake River Farms in Idaho; add one professional chef with two helpers and a small group of amateurs; assemble in the kitchen of a winery on a beautiful hillside in the Napa Valley. Controlled chaos? Or a recipe for fun?

At a luxurious resort in the heart of Napa: a sublime and aspirational wine dinner entices the senses and stimulates the palate. Exquisite achievement for the chef and sommelier.

Dec 9

Dec 9 At a luxurious resort in the heart of Napa: a sublime and aspirational wine dinner entices the senses and stimulates the palate. Exquisite achievement for the chef and sommelier.

Michael Braverman

Sipping California cab in a soaking tub with a city view at the St. Regis in San Francisco. Just the ticket before a wine reporting trip to Napa. Highly recommended pit stop.

Nov 22

Nov 22 Sipping California cab in a soaking tub with a city view at the St. Regis in San Francisco. Just the ticket before a wine reporting trip to Napa. Highly recommended pit stop.

Michael Braverman

After a two year, five continent search for an ideal wine estate, a French winemaker focused in on the Stag’s Leap District. 35 years later he is producing wines that dazzle.

Oct 22

Oct 22 After a two year, five continent search for an ideal wine estate, a French winemaker focused in on the Stag’s Leap District. 35 years later he is producing wines that dazzle.

Michael Braverman