Chardonnay Marc Flours – Photo Credit UC Davis My latest Napa Valley Register wine story is the most academic writing I have done since my WSET 3 exam and doctoral dissertation – “Wine grape residue as food? UC Davis scientists are studying the possibilities.” It is a topic that piqued my interest because wine grape […]
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Beth’s Smart Sip: 2019 Rumpus Reserve California Chardonnay
Over the course of a couple of days, I tasted the 2019 Scott Peterson Wines Rumpus Reserve California Chardonnay. Oak fermented and aged on natural lees, including full malolactic fermentation, it reveals a balanced interplay of juicy tropical and citrus fruits, vanilla, and oak spice. It is all at once clean and creamy with a […]
Matt Parish Louie’s Block Old Vine Zinfandel
Me with a bottle of 2019 Matt Parish Louie’s Block Old Vine Zinfandel in Louie’s BlockPhoto Credit: Luiz da Silva I am delighted to share my contribution to the International Food, Wine, and Travel Writers Association’s FWT Magazine story, “Travel Writers share local wines and wineries” featuring the 2019 Matt Parish Wines Louie’s Block Old […]
Matteo Fecondo joins Vinture Consulting and Matt Parish Wines
Photo Credit: Matt Parish June 2021 — Matt Parish is delighted to announce Matteo Fecondo to the position of Consultant and Assistant Winemaker for Vinture Consulting and Matt Parish Wines. Matteo is a native of Ospedaletti, a small town on the seashore of Liguria, Italy. After spending 10 years working in hospitality, he enrolled and graduated in […]
Nova Cadamatre: The busy life of a bi-coastal winemaker
Since her first harvest in Pennsylvania in 2003 until today, Nova Cadamatre, MW, has worked as a winemaker for two of the world’s major wine brands at various wineries in California and New York, founded a family winery with her husband, Brian, in the Finger Lakes, and is set to launch a Finger Lakes project […]
Napa Valley Life Magazine – Spring 2021 Digital Issue
Here is the Napa Valley Life Magazine – Spring 2021 digital issue. You can flip through it online or download it by clicking the download icon in the top left corner. It includes my three features. Pickleball: Napa Valley’s Fastest Growing Sport, page 20 A Day at the Oxbow: Napa’s Culinary Marketplace – To Gather or To Go, […]
The Fifth Anniversary of Napa’s Mercadito Food Truck
It is the fifth anniversary of Napa’s Mercadito Food Truck. Many of you know that I have written about Mercadito a few times and tried many of the meals. I am delighted to have a menu item named after me for the anniversary celebration. It is on today’s Thursday, April 8, 2021 menu and is […]
