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A new Carmel wine tasting room celebrates wine, terroir and a famed French astronomer.
Eat + Drink

A new Carmel wine tasting room celebrates wine, terroir and a famed French astronomer.

  • Dave Faries
  • Dec 12, 2025

A new wine tasting room has opened in the space that once held Lepe Cellars.

Yes, whites can age well. Just dust off a Brosseau library wine for proof.
Chill

Yes, whites can age well. Just dust off a Brosseau library wine for proof.

  • Dave Faries
  • Nov 6, 2025

The last time most winemakers poured a 2008 Chardonnay was 2009, or thereabout. Bill Brosseau’s approach is different.

Cowgirl Winery gives us the best of both Chardonnay worlds with its 2024 vintage.
Chill

Cowgirl Winery gives us the best of both Chardonnay worlds with its 2024 vintage.

  • Dave Faries
  • Oct 2, 2025

Like any other wine, Chardonnay is subject to its particular terroir. More than many others, however, it also follows the winemaker’s lead. Tr…

Cypress Grove, formerly Manzoni Winery, releases the first white wines under the new label.
Chill

Cypress Grove, formerly Manzoni Winery, releases the first white wines under the new label.

  • Sloan Campi
  • Apr 24, 2025

Spring days present excellent white wine drinking weather, and there are some whites to try under a new local label.

Two remarkable – and distinct – Chardonnays come from one block of Talbott’s vineyards.
Chill

Two remarkable – and distinct – Chardonnays come from one block of Talbott’s vineyards.

  • Dave Faries
  • Mar 20, 2025

The amount of Chardonnay available is boggling – so easy to find and sip that it remains one of the most popular wines the world over. But if …

For McIntyre’s winemaker, a little spell in the cellar makes for a more worldly white wine. He’s right.
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For McIntyre’s winemaker, a little spell in the cellar makes for a more worldly white wine. He’s right.

  • Dave Faries
  • Mar 7, 2024

McIntyre Vineyards just released their 2018 Block K1 Chardonnay. And if you are thinking, “whoa – that’s pretty mature for a white wine,” you …

Selecting wine for the Thanksgiving meal? It’s actually not that difficult.
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Selecting wine for the Thanksgiving meal? It’s actually not that difficult.

  • Dave Faries
  • Nov 16, 2023

Every November, it’s the same question. There’s turkey ladled with rich gravy, perhaps a sweet honey-baked ham, the shrill note of cranberry s…

Blending the 2021 Nepenthe Cuvee by Roar is an experience in exponential flavor.
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Blending the 2021 Nepenthe Cuvee by Roar is an experience in exponential flavor.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Jan 19, 2023

There’s nothing like the taste of Chardonnay in the morning. For wine aficionados this is literally true – our taste buds, well-rested after h…

Pinot Noir – like a new release from Windy Oaks – is as much a part of Thanksgiving as turkey.
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Pinot Noir – like a new release from Windy Oaks – is as much a part of Thanksgiving as turkey.

  • Dave Faries
  • Nov 17, 2022

Why not think inside the box? It’s a familiar space, after all, and for the Thanksgiving table, the settings are almost habitual – turkey, mas…

A chaotic harvest and low yields may make for an excellent vintage.
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A chaotic harvest and low yields may make for an excellent vintage.

  • Dave Faries
  • Oct 27, 2022

One afternoon in early September, Bill Parsons checked the temperature in his Carmel Valley vineyard with concern. The thermometer peaked at 1…

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