Take the Shot
A hunter’s breakfast at the Knights of Columbus hall, my father’s three words, and what to pour with venison, moose, bear and hare. Four printable recipes included.
Pour Story
A Beginner’s Guide to Tasting Wine Without the Pageant
At a Napa tasting room, I watched a young woman on her first solo wine trip get a little smaller with every pour. This is the beginner’s guide I wish someone had handed her: what each step of tasting is actually for, why the best hosts pour small, and five side-by-side pairs to try at home.
The Chocolate on the Pillow
A late check-in, a toilet paper roll folded into a neat point, and the story of how a Cary Grant romance in St. Louis may have put chocolates on hotel pillows everywhere.
Picked by Lantern
Late on Halloween afternoon in Amador County’s Shenandoah Valley, an old man in a barn coat asks a new tasting room host how the north block came in this year. His name isn’t on the member list, but it is in the 1894 picking ledger by the door.
Before the First Sip
Every winemaker in Meet the Winemakers gets the same last question: one pour, one stranger, what do you say before they taste it? None of them started with the tasting notes.
Red From Kaštela
In 1958 a young Croatian winemaker arrived in Napa and recognized a grape from home. It took forty years, a war and a firefighter’s backyard vineyard to prove him half right.
Old Vine Zinfandel and the Words on the Label
The Vineyard 1869 block, Shenandoah Valley, Amador County. Photo courtesy of Scott Harvey Wines. Pour Story Society · Grapes and
What to Pour With Your Pint
Wine and ice cream pairings have a reputation for not working. Pick the right bottle and they get along fine,
The Old Alfalfa Field
The stomping tub at Agua Dulce Winery. Photo by Patrick R. Dunn. Agua Dulce Winery, Sierra Pelona Valley AVA, Los
A Winery Without a Room
A Winery Without a Room Fuil Wines has poured its way around Los Angeles without a tasting room of its