Rightly or wrongly, when most Americans think of wine country — a vague term at best — they mean the Napa Valley and neighboring Sonoma County an hour north of San Francisco. The region embodies the good life. Rolling vineyards give way to wooded hillsides, and idyllic villages with world-class restaurants dot the landscape. Along…
Tag: Paso Robles
The Icing on the Cake
To celebrate Jerry Lohr’s 80th birthday, his namesake winery created a new wine in the founder’s honor, the 2013 J. Lohr Signature cabernet sauvignon. The Paso Robles winery priced it to be worthy of a tribute to one of the icons of California wine, at $100 a bottle. In a review earlier this year, I…
For the Love of Merlot
October is merlot month. Once upon a time, the mere thought of a month dedicated to merlot would have inspired smirks all around. The hit movie “Sideways” poked fun at merlot drinkers, and for years afterward, merlot producers wrestled with the image of merlot as a mediocre wine. That was never the case, of course.…