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• Merry Edwards Winery, Sonoma Pinot Noir icon, sells to Louis Roederer

  February 22 2019

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• What’s in bloom in Napa Valley vineyards right now? Mustard

  February 21 2019

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• A wine critic’s advice on how to not have a miserable Valentine’s Day

  February 14 2019

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• The mysterious case of the cork-tainted carrots

  February 07 2019

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• Introducing the NorCal Beer Hall of Fame’s inaugural class

  February 07 2019

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• Did Mandy Heldt Donovan just ruin her wine?

  February 06 2019

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• Mandy Aftel’s perfume museum seduces with whale vomit and other curious scents

  February 06 2019

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• MaryAnn Graf, who paved the way for California women winemakers, dies at 76

  February 06 2019

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• Can new Oakland bar Redfield finally make cider happen in the Bay Area?

  February 05 2019

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• Forget wine. This is the week to drink beer

  January 31 2019

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• Craft beer growth is slowing, but the Bay Area is healthier than ever

  January 25 2019

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• Expert’s guide to SF Beer Week 2019

  January 25 2019

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• Rombauer buys Renwood Winery, expanding Napa Valley presence in the Sierra foothills

  January 24 2019

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• Russian River Brewing doubles Pliny the Younger production for 2019 release

  January 18 2019

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• Napa is suddenly abuzz with winery and vineyard sales

  January 17 2019

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• O’Keeffe’s in the Richmond a neighborhood bar that’s really a home

  January 16 2019

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• Verjus answers the call of San Francisco’s natural wine scene

  January 15 2019

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• Shhh: Now is the best time of year to visit California wineries

  January 10 2019

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• The quest to save SF’s Arab-owned corner stores, one bottle of arak at a time

  January 10 2019

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• Higher bar bills in SF? Liquor distributor cites Prop. C as it raises prices

  January 08 2019

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• The 52 Wineries You Need to Visit in 2019

  January 07 2019

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• California wine, 2019 edition

  January 03 2019

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• The Bay Area’s best new places to drink

  December 26 2018

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• The long wait for Obispo is over: Finally, Thad Vogler unveils his revolutionary rum bar

  December 21 2018

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• Zombie Village, a tiki noir lounge from the owners of Bourbon & Branch, quietly opens in the Tenderloin

  December 21 2018

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• The story behind The Chronicle’s Winemaker of the Year decision

  December 20 2018

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• 2018 Winemakers to Watch: Meet the rising stars poised to change West Coast wine

  December 20 2018

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• Winemaker of the Year Ian Brand represents the only way forward for California wine

  December 20 2018

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• How we choose the Bar Stars, our annual award for top Bay Area bartending talent

  December 13 2018

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• Say goodbye to Camino, a restaurant too special to survive

  December 10 2018

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• The best San Francisco Bay Area bartenders of 2018

  December 09 2018

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• The real story behind the NBA’s love of Napa Valley and Bordeaux

  December 06 2018

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• The questions about Joe Wagner’s Oregon wine label scandal that nobody is asking

  December 01 2018

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• Paso Robles doesn’t have a signature grape variety. Is that a freedom or a limitation?

  November 30 2018

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• Q&A: NBA’s Dwyane Wade on his love of wine and life after basketball

  November 30 2018

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• How fine wine became the NBA’s new status symbol

  November 30 2018

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• While sommeliers feud, a deeper wine debate looms

  November 29 2018

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• It’s Thanksgiving. Don’t forget to drink wine.

  November 22 2018

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• The California nouveau wine craze shows no signs of slowing

  November 15 2018

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• Angler may be an impressive restaurant, but it’s also an exemplary bar

  November 14 2018

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• Bob Lindquist explains the sale of his legendary Santa Barbara winery, Qupe

  November 08 2018

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• Acquerello’s Italian wine list is old-school, expensive — and essential

  November 01 2018

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• The best Italian wines are the ones you don’t know yet

  November 01 2018

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• Rewriting California wine’s ‘herstory,’ from Judgment of Paris to today

  October 25 2018

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• The hidden figures behind the Judgment of Paris

  October 24 2018

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• How a Napa divorcee saved the Judgment of Paris

  October 24 2018

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• Angry somms and ousted chefs: An update on the wine- and food-world scandals of the week

  October 18 2018

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• Fool’s Errand satisfies curiosity of wine and beer geeks alike

  October 17 2018

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• Why a cheating scandal is shaking the sommelier world

  October 11 2018

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• Somm scandal: Revelations of cheating at master sommelier examination lead to the invalidation of 23 new certifications

  October 09 2018

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• Wineries, vineyards clash over how to handle grapes affected by wildfire smoke

  October 06 2018

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• The life of a wine grape, from vine to barrel

  October 05 2018

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• At Domaine Chandon, a Champagne-born winemaker leaves French tradition behind

  October 04 2018

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• How I found out about Pink’s secret vineyard

  October 04 2018

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• Pink's new stage: Pop star Alecia Moore reveals her secret life of winemaking

  September 28 2018

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• Dark side of wine labeling: A California winemaker’s Oregon controversy

  September 27 2018

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• Did winemaker Joe Wagner misrepresent where his Oregon Pinot Noirs came from?

  September 24 2018

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• Bourbon & Branch was a San Francisco cocktail pioneer. Should we still care about it?

  September 21 2018

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• Did winemaker Joe Wagner misrepresent where his Oregon Pinot Noirs came from?

  September 20 2018

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• The paradoxes of San Francisco cocktail culture

  September 20 2018

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• At long last, the famously contested Doc’s Clock sign lights up again

  September 19 2018

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• Bourbon & Branch was a San Francisco cocktail pioneer. Should we still care about it?

  September 19 2018

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• While other wineries sell, Martinelli makes the hard choice to keep a vineyard in the family

  September 13 2018

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• Tasting room overflow: Napa, Sonoma wineries on an opening binge

  September 13 2018

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• After weathering quake, landslide and fire, Hess Collection reopens historic wine cellar

  September 11 2018

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• Winemaking pioneer Kent Rosenblum dies at 74

  September 06 2018

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• This year’s California wine harvest might be normal, for a change

  September 06 2018

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• Why the Stony Hill sale matters

  August 30 2018

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• Napa Valley’s Stony Hill Vineyard sells to Long Meadow Ranch

  August 28 2018

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• The original ‘cult’ wine: How I discovered California’s strangest vineyard

  August 23 2018

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• How a California cult created one of the country’s great wineries — and then lost it

  August 23 2018

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• Why aren’t there more natural wineries you can visit?

  August 16 2018

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• Violet’s a bright new cocktail bar in the foggy Outer Richmond

  August 14 2018

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• Outside Lands 2018: 'Master of None' star Eric Wareheim shares tastes from his wine label

  August 13 2018

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• Outside Lands 2018: Inside the psychedelic Bubble Tea Party

  August 12 2018

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• Outside Lands 2018: How to pair festival food with wine, beer and cocktails like a pro

  August 12 2018

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• Outside Lands 2018: How to do Sunday brunch right

  August 11 2018

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• Outside Lands 2018: Drink prices have gotten out of control

  August 11 2018

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• Outside Lands 2018: Cocktail Magic loses some of its spark

  August 10 2018

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• The best and the worst dishes at Outside Lands 2018

  August 10 2018

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• Why California grapes are changing color right now

  August 09 2018

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• Outside Lands’ 2018 wine selection is ‘best lineup yet’

  August 08 2018

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• Co-founder Jesse Friedman steps down from Almanac Beer Co.

  August 08 2018

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• Mislabeled vines cause stir among wineries

  August 05 2018

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• Let's stop pretending the white wine emoji movement is something it's not

  August 03 2018

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• Eden Rift in Hollister, the vineyard that unearthed a hidden California history

  August 02 2018

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• Wildfires, women and wine

  August 02 2018

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• Outside Lands announces GastroMagic and Cocktail Magic lineup for 2018 festival

  July 26 2018

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• Drinking in a drink desert

  July 26 2018

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• How much should you care about food and wine pairings?

  July 25 2018

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• An ode to wide-leg crop pants

  July 24 2018

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• Signorello Estate rises from the ashes of Wine Country fires to open new tasting room

  July 17 2018

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• Everything you need to know about Mendocino wine

  July 12 2018

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• Imbibe like an American

  July 05 2018

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• The rebranding of organic wine

  June 28 2018

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• Gallo buys Locations brand from wine mogul Dave Phinney

  June 27 2018

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• California wine’s sustainability dilemma

  June 22 2018

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• Signs of new life in California vineyards

  June 21 2018

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• SF’s Interval puts the fern bar on a cocktail menu

  June 20 2018

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• In search of the Great American Wine

  June 14 2018

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• Master sommelier Dustin Wilson’s Verve Wine is now open in San Francisco

  June 07 2018

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• Drinking with Esther | Wine insight and advice in a new form

  June 07 2018

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• Measure to restrict Napa County vineyards too close to call

  June 06 2018

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• Tasting notes: Lake County Cabernet Sauvignon

  June 01 2018

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• The rise of the Red Hills of Lake County

  June 01 2018

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• At Heirloom Cafe, Matt Straus keeps alive the dying art of cellaring wine

  May 30 2018

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• Beer bust: SF’s Black Hammer Brewing ordered to stop making cannabis beer

  May 24 2018

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• What to eat and drink at BottleRock 2018

  May 23 2018

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• Why is star winemaker Tegan Passalacqua building a winery in Lodi?

  May 20 2018

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• Tasting notes: The diverse, dynamic wines of Lodi

  May 20 2018

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• Got several years and several million dollars? You probably still can’t plant a Napa Valley vineyard

  May 18 2018

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• Koerner Rombauer, who popularized a rich style of Napa Chardonnay, dies at 83

  May 11 2018

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• Leslie Rudd, Napa Valley wine and food magnate, dies at 76

  May 04 2018

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• Pioneering San Francisco bartender Daniel Hyatt dies

  May 03 2018

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• The Rake is a temple to beer’s most important ingredient: malt

  May 01 2018

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• Exclusive: Esther Mobley reviews Ayesha Curry’s new wine, Domaine Curry

  April 27 2018

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• On the far Sonoma coast, distinctive Cabernet comes from an unlikely vineyard

  April 20 2018

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• Tasting Notes: Fort Ross-Seaview and the anti-California Cabernets

  April 20 2018

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• Napa wine legend Heitz sells to Arkansas billionaire Gaylon Lawrence Jr.

  April 18 2018

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• Why pricey Bar Crenn is the enfant terrible of wine bars

  April 18 2018

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• Battle for Napa Valley’s future: Proposed curb on vineyards divides county

  April 09 2018

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• Verve, the hit New York wine shop from master sommelier Dustin Wilson, coming to S.F.

  April 05 2018

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• Fieldwork brewer and co-owner faces felony assault charge for alleged road rage incident

  March 28 2018

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• New Chinese tariffs could be a blow to California’s wine industry

  March 24 2018

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• Remembering Robert Haas, one of the most influential figures in American wine

  March 21 2018

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• Cocktails at new Hotel Kabuki bar look better than they taste

  March 20 2018

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• Is natural wine ready to mature in the Bay Area?

  March 15 2018

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• Eleven lesser-known California natural wines to try

  March 15 2018

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• Steve Edmunds is the unsung hero of California wine

  March 12 2018

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• Tasting Notes: Your guide to the wines of Edmunds St. John

  March 12 2018

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• Nicky Hahn, Central Coast wine pioneer, dies at 81

  March 08 2018

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• ‘Napa at Last Light,’ by James Conaway

  March 08 2018

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• Show tunes and strong drinks at Martuni’s, one of San Francisco’s last piano bars

  March 07 2018

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• Healdsburg’s best wine bar, Bergamot Alley, will close — but find a second life online

  March 07 2018

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• How Maria Echavarria, against all odds, forged a 30-year career in the vineyards

  February 23 2018

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• Increasingly, California vineyards field a workforce of women

  February 23 2018

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• Is Napa running out of land for vineyards?

  February 23 2018

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• Susan Coss helped make mezcal popular. Now she has to keep mezcal real.

  February 15 2018

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• Guerneville’s El Barrio a mescal oasis along the Russian River

  February 14 2018

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• As larger craft breweries sell, small brewers take the lead

  January 31 2018

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• In wake of Sapporo beer deal, Anchor Distilling rechristened as Hotaling & Co.

  January 31 2018

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• Natural wines without the dogma at Fig & Thistle wine bar

  January 24 2018

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• Wine’s brewski moment: Canned wine is here, but can it avoid the down-market trap?

  January 24 2018

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• Tasting notes: Canned wine

  January 24 2018

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• Silver Oak is building the state’s most eco-friendly winery

  January 19 2018

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• Boozy wish list for 2018: More screw caps, less wax

  January 11 2018

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• White Cap brings great cocktails and surfer vibe to the Outer Sunset

  January 10 2018

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• Wine mogul Dave Phinney poised to transform Mare Island with distillery

  January 07 2018

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• The battle over To Kalon continues as Constellation abandons trademark push

  January 05 2018

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• Months after Wine Country fires, damaged vineyards face uncertainty

  January 04 2018

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• The wines of Dan Petroski

  December 31 2017

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• 2017 Winemakers to Watch

  December 31 2017

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• The five wines that changed Dan Petroski’s life

  December 29 2017

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• Winemaker of the Year: Dan Petroski

  December 29 2017

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• Bright spots of 2017: The Bay Area’s best new bars

  December 27 2017

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• Sonoma’s most elusive sparkling wine, En Tirage, is back

  December 21 2017

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• Tasting notes: New sparkling wines of the West Coast

  December 20 2017

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• Suddenly, West Coast is sparkling: Here’s the best of the new bubbly

  December 20 2017

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• Lazy Bear cocktail bar True Laurel opens this week

  December 19 2017

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• Rhys Vineyards' Kevin Harvey turns to Italian-style wines in Sonoma

  December 08 2017

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• A year overdue, Petaluma Gap wine region gains official recognition

  December 07 2017

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• Rooftop bar Charmaine’s unleashes killer views with just a hair of Trick Dog tricks

  December 06 2017

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• Answering all your Thanksgiving wine questions

  November 20 2017

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• SF amaro bar finds the sweet spot of bitters

  November 15 2017

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• Want to help Wine Country’s workers? Buy a bottle. Or better, a case.

  November 08 2017

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• Mezcal celebration Lágrimas is Over Proof’s final iteration

  November 08 2017

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• Can millennial winemakers fix wine country’s ‘Napathy’ problem?

  November 08 2017

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• Kosta Browne reverses course on its lush, ripe Pinot Noir style

  November 07 2017

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• Tasting notes: The wines of Kosta Browne

  November 07 2017

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• Tasting notes: The wines of Atlas Wine Co.

  November 03 2017

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• Atlas Wine Co. wants to revolutionize grocery store wine

  November 03 2017

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• Northern California grape growers begin to face smoke taint damages

  November 03 2017

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• At Petit Marlowe, drinkers find small appeal and big wine prices

  November 02 2017

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• El refugio de Silvia

  October 16 2017

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• Hope in Wine Country as vineyards assess the long-term economic impact of the wildfires

  October 15 2017

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• White Rock Vineyards assesses fire damage, looks to rebuild

  October 14 2017

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• Mayacamas winery still standing; tasting room burned

  October 13 2017

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• Wine Country fires: A deadly inferno’s first hours

  October 12 2017

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• How the fire struck at Gundlach Bundschu, one of California’s oldest wineries

  October 12 2017

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• Ray Signorello vows to rebuild after devastating winery fire

  October 12 2017

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• CHP helicopters rescue people trapped by flames in Wine Country

  October 09 2017

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• Wineries reel in the wake of North Bay fires

  October 09 2017

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• Sante Adairius opens Santa Cruz taproom

  October 06 2017

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• The best meals in the Inner Richmond for under $20

  October 05 2017

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• Reborn Biig is a cocktail experience like no other in S.F.

  October 03 2017

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• CHP cruiser hits, kills man crossing a road in Half Moon Bay

  October 01 2017

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• RN74 was a revolution for the wine world. Here’s why it’s closing.

  September 26 2017

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• Trick Dog unleashes new cocktail catalog

  September 20 2017

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• “It’s a real shame”: Blue Bottle customers react to the Nestlé deal

  September 15 2017

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• Torrid temperatures shrivel California wine grapes to raisins

  September 09 2017

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• Cold Drinks mixes it up to bring scotch into the modern age

  September 06 2017

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• Inside 2017 California wine harvest: Grapes look great, labor crisis looms

  September 01 2017

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• The Rusted Mule gives S.F. its first dedicated mule bar

  August 22 2017

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• With new To Kalon brand, Constellation revives legendary Napa wine dispute

  August 17 2017

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• Tasting Notes: The wines of To Kalon

  August 17 2017

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• Duckhorn Wine Co. buys Central Coast Pinot pioneer Calera

  August 16 2017

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• Outside Lands 2017: Inside Wine Lands with curator Peter Eastlake

  August 11 2017

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• New Belgium buys San Francisco’s Magnolia Brewing for $2.7 million

  August 10 2017

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• Vintners rally to preserve Russian River Valley’s historic Zinfandel vineyards

  August 10 2017

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• A toast to the grape

  August 10 2017

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• Ginger’s FiDi revival pays tribute to city’s old gay bars

  August 09 2017

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• ABV’s Over Proof introduces new concept: Gin, Sherry and Spanish food

  August 09 2017

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• What the Anchor Brewing deal means for craft beer

  August 03 2017

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• Bedrock Wine Co. takes over Contra Costa’s old-vine Evangelho Vineyard

  August 01 2017

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• Guest worker visas a complex cure for vineyard labor shortage

  July 28 2017

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• Can Sláinte create a modern Irish pub in Oakland?

  July 26 2017

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• Doc’s Clock is back, two blocks from original bar location

  July 20 2017

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• Tomfoolery on the menu at Buck’s in Woodside

  July 12 2017

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• Farmworker housing may get a subsidy boost in Napa

  July 12 2017

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• Worker housing funded by Napa vineyards can’t meet demand

  July 09 2017

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• Tasting notes: Sante Adairius Rustic Ales

  June 15 2017

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• Cult brewery Sante Adairius, and its founders, choose to change with the times

  June 15 2017

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• Tequila Mockingbird and San Francisco's unfussy bar empire

  June 14 2017

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• Sign of changing Mission: dim future for bar’s neon beacon

  June 08 2017

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• Tasting notes: The wines of Promontory

  June 02 2017

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• The story behind Napa's new blockbuster winery: Promontory

  June 02 2017

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• Last call at original Doc's Clock location is Saturday

  June 01 2017

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• Please stop calling your legal, open-to-the-public bar a "speakeasy"

  June 01 2017

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• Jeb Dunnuck to leave Wine Advocate and start his own publication

  May 31 2017

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• Saintsbury vintner Richard Ward dies at 67

  May 30 2017

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• Unique taste of Sardinia in wine, and food, at La Ciccia in S.F.

  May 30 2017

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• Ayesha Curry surprises BottleRock crowd with Steph and more

  May 27 2017

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• Jackson Family Wines buys Brewer-Clifton in Sta. Rita Hills

  May 18 2017

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• Speakeasy workers settle pay disputes, get back wages

  May 10 2017

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• Speakeasy Ales & Lagers gets new owner, bar taps will stay open

  May 09 2017

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• The Castro Fountain, sequel to Ice Cream Bar, now open

  May 09 2017

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• Heineken deal could raise Lagunitas’ global profile

  May 04 2017

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• The Dogpatch winery that is making synthetic wine

  May 04 2017

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• Anina gives Hayes Valley another neighborhood bar standout

  May 03 2017

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• Double Back, the whiskey-themed version at ABV's Over Proof, opens tonight

  May 03 2017

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• Cultivar wine bar now serving Napa Valley wines in the Marina

  May 01 2017

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• Shaken by 2014 quake, Napa winery again standing tall

  April 28 2017

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• Tasting notes: The wines of Trefethen

  April 28 2017

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• Why Tenderloin cocktail spot Biig is only kind of open

  April 27 2017

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• Hundreds clean up SF’s Ocean Beach for Surfrider Earth Day event

  April 23 2017

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• An open letter to Bud Light’s Lime-A-Rita

  April 21 2017

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• In Napa Valley deal, Silver Oak owners purchase Ovid winery

  April 20 2017

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• Introducing Toke Back Mountain, Black Hammer Brewing's CBD-infused IPA

  April 20 2017

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• ‘Cork Dork,’ by Bianca Bosker

  April 19 2017

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• Parallel 37 and the challenges of the corporate hotel bar

  April 19 2017

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• Myth-busting in the realm of wine additives

  April 13 2017

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• Over Proof: ABV’s bar within a bar offers an intense rum experience

  April 05 2017

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• Winery investor Charles Banks pleads guilty to fraud charges

  April 03 2017

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• Inside Flowershop, the upcoming cocktail bar from Lazy Bear

  March 31 2017

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• Baseball rivals unite in Red Stitch wine company

  March 31 2017

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• Tasting Notes: The wines of Red Stitch

  March 31 2017

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• Should wine be natural or democratic? An Internet wine controversy

  March 27 2017

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• Speakeasy brewery resumes operation as workers seek pay

  March 25 2017

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• Mission revival: State’s first wine grape, circa 1760, rides again

  March 23 2017

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• Gallo buys iconic Stagecoach Vineyard in Napa Valley

  March 23 2017

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• Tasting notes: Mission and angelica

  March 23 2017

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• Legends and lore at Half Moon Bay’s Miramar Beach Restaurant

  March 21 2017

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• Fieldwork's Vermont Farmhouse Ale sparks feud with state of Vermont

  March 21 2017

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• Maison Corbeaux, ambitious wine and spirits shop from Wingtip team, now open in Pac Heights

  March 10 2017

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• A love affair with older wines

  March 10 2017

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• San Francisco's Speakeasy brewery to cease operations

  March 10 2017

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