Taste the finest of wines! Now entering its 13th year, the 2013 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest competition of American wines in the world, will once again host the Public Tasting with thousands of patrons from around the nation. Each year, wine lovers experience exciting new award winning wines at what has become

It’s that time of year again ZAP is back! The annual Zinfandel Festival brings thousands of wine lovers to San Francisco for the largest single varietal tasting in the world. ZAP’s 2013 Zinfandel Festival hosts four extraordinary events designed to entertain, educate and delight Zinfandel enthusiasts.   Epicuria Food & Zin Pairings Thursday, January 31

Sonoma County Wineries Celebrate the Season Beat the winter blues by ringing in the new year right. The 21st annual Winter WINEland is right around the corner and brought to you by the association known for celebrating wine country no matter what the season. Wine Road is made up of 190 vintners and 50 lodgings

Legendary Napa Valley vintner Warren Winiarksi presented his philosophy that winemaking around the world should focus once again on balance and proportion. Winiarski spoke to an audience of VIP guests attending a fundraising dinner for the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., which is celebrating the opening of the first major exhibit on American food and

From take off to landing, the 2nd annual Party in the Hangar at the Monterey Regional airport was high octane, barnstorming fun. What’s not to love about the usual sparkling suspects, Carraccioli, McIntyre and Scheid, with their distinctive, delightful Champagne-style bubblies? VIPs got to indulge in their nose-tickling sparklers, while the many local chefs put

Rain showers, downpours, breaks of sun, brooding clouds, a parking lot filled with the brilliance of autumn leaves and rainbows around the bend: such is a Saturday in November. Despite all, the Tri-Valley Wine & Food Festival at the Pleasanton fairgrounds brought in a good gathering of wineries, brew pubs and food purveyors to keep