Fine Features

The following photos were taken in Sonoma and Napa counties throughout the long process of the making of a bottle of wine. Beginning... Read more

Whenever winter fell upon the little town of Frozen Corners, it always fell hard, like an old angry bear tripping over a basket of... Read more

Every year, as the holiday season approaches, I revisit what I call my “botched holiday meal” strategy. If I can maintain my reputation... Read more

Longtime Valley Favorite Honored The readers of Condé Nast Traveler have selected the Kenwood Inn and Spa the Top Resort in Mainland... Read more

Each December, a select few in the Sonoma Valley forgo the privacy of their own homes for the holiday season’s largest school charity... Read more

Fine Departments

Both the face and brains of the wildly popular online video blog, WineLibraryTV.com, Gary Vaynerchuk has all the trappings of a self-made... Continue

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Pinot A popular adage in the wine country is “taste not, want not.” But what fun is that? Holiday... Continue

Dear Film Pharmacist, They say New Year’s Eve is about making resolutions and fresh starts. That’s all well and fine if one wants... Continue

Card-bored Christmas Finis: Hallmark cards. While in college, a cadre of drunken English majors and I once mused that alien archeologists... Continue

A native of San Francisco, “bar chef” Scott Beattie worked the bar at Postrio, Azie and the Martini House before being chosen to... Continue

WILD ABOUT FASHION!! Lights, camera, action is an understatement, as I am sure you would agree, if you were able to get a ticket... Continue

According to Wayne Jancik’s tuneful tome, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, the proverbial “one-hit-wonder” is “an act... Continue

First came Josie, a woman scorned. She poisoned a bottle of Chateau Sangfroid and gave it to ex-husband Thomas, wishing him dead. Thomas... Read more