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• There’s a new fee on wine and liquor in California — and it’s refundable

  January 10 2024

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• This Napa landmark is so popular it’s become a safety hazard

  January 09 2024

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• 5 drinking predictions for 2024

  January 04 2024

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• The best 25 Sonoma County wineries that don’t require reservations

  September 06 2023

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• A forgotten whiskey from the S.F. Gold Rush is staging a comeback

  July 24 2023

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• Are Napa Cabernets losing their color?

  July 19 2023

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• It was the bible for California winemakers. But what if it was all wrong?

  July 13 2023

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• 25 best places to drink natural wine in the Bay Area

  July 11 2023

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• The best nonalcoholic wine, beer and cocktails you can buy

  July 10 2023

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• ‘House wine’ has always been cheap and bad. At these Bay Area restaurants, it’s special

  July 06 2023

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• An ambitious food hall is replacing a beloved Point Reyes institution this weekend

  June 30 2023

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• A pregnant wine critic tells all

  June 29 2023

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• The best Napa Valley wineries where you don’t need a reservation

  June 26 2023

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• Ayesha Curry sells her Napa winery to fifth-largest U.S. wine company

  June 23 2023

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• Four delightful new Bay Area wine bars to visit this summer

  June 22 2023

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• Zero-zero natural wine arrives in Napa, surprising everyone

  June 15 2023

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• A treasured Napa tasting room is closing after more than 30 years

  June 15 2023

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• California’s most influential sommelier-turned-winemaker wants to radically change grape farming

  June 12 2023

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• This wine’s unstoppable popularity is baffling Bay Area restaurants

  June 08 2023

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• Free tastings: These Napa wineries are waiving fees temporarily

  June 01 2023

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• Boundary-pushing S.F. wine bar closing after 9 years. Here's what's replacing it

  June 01 2023

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• These are the best breweries for craft beer in the Bay Area

  May 30 2023

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• The Indigenous language on this wine label was almost lost

  May 25 2023

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• Why California wineries are obsessed with this 32-year-old geologist

  May 24 2023

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• They grew up not knowing the other existed. Now these sisters are Napa’s newest vintners

  May 22 2023

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• The mysterious story behind one of Napa’s quirkiest wines

  May 18 2023

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• To stay alive, some Bay Area breweries are taking a drastic measure

  May 17 2023

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• This wildly popular brewery is bringing its ‘foggy’ IPAs to a new Bay Area taproom

  May 15 2023

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• The best character in this week’s ‘Succession’ is the wine

  May 11 2023

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• ‘Everyone is feeling robbed’: Chaos, alleged fraud and $25 million debt at an S.F. wine startup

  May 10 2023

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• A Bay Area natural wine sensation just bought a major vineyard

  May 05 2023

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• Wine bars in the Bay Area are suddenly cool

  May 04 2023

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• How to eat your way through S.F.'s most transformed neighborhood

  May 04 2023

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• Top Wine Bars in the Bay Area

  May 01 2023

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• Abrupt closure of S.F. wine startup leaves customers with thousands of bottles stuck in ‘CloudCellar’

  April 28 2023

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• Muni Pub Crawl: Ultimate guide to barhopping S.F. along a single transit line

  April 27 2023

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• Wine TV shows are usually bad. But this new one is excellent

  April 27 2023

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• Why we adore Anderson Valley wine country

  April 20 2023

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• The secret force behind an acclaimed California vineyard? An all-female crew

  April 18 2023

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• The world’s largest collection of canned wines is hidden in a California basement

  April 18 2023

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• Best wineries to visit in one of California’s most affordable regions

  April 18 2023

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• Gorgeous white wines were this region’s claim to fame. What happened?

  April 18 2023

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• Bay Area craft breweries are getting acquired by an unexpected type of buyer

  April 13 2023

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• It’s not just fake IDs anymore: Young people are giving Bay Area bars a new problem

  April 10 2023

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• A rare, delicious white grape is the specialty at this exciting California winery

  April 06 2023

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• It’s a ‘blood sport’: The secret game Bay Area restaurants play to get the world’s most in-demand wines

  April 05 2023

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• The wine cost $250 at a S.F. liquor store. Now, it may be worth $80,000

  April 04 2023

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• A forgotten corner of Napa could become an official wine region soon

  April 03 2023

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• Only 4% of Napa tourists are Black — except at this winery

  March 30 2023

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• How a cold snap this weekend could determine this year’s wine harvest

  March 23 2023

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• Low-alcohol wines are all the rage. But something doesn't taste quite right

  March 20 2023

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• Why I changed my mind about tipping at wineries

  March 16 2023

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• Silicon Valley Bank made itself perfect for wineries. Then their accounts froze.

  March 14 2023

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• Bay Area wineries are suddenly prompting you to tip. Do you have to?

  March 13 2023

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• Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sends shock waves through California wine industry

  March 10 2023

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• Burger sensation and experimental craft brewery team up for big new Bay Area location

  March 09 2023

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• Why I broke my resolution to never write about ‘Sideways’

  March 09 2023

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• He wrote ‘Sideways,’ which became the most influential wine movie ever made. Now he says he was ‘completely ripped off’

  March 06 2023

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• This quiet S.F. restaurant is still one of my favorites, even after a major change

  March 02 2023

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• This beloved S.F. restaurant has a new owner. Have the pastas changed?

  February 28 2023

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• Snowboarding through vineyards: Napa winemakers embrace the snow

  February 24 2023

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• Napa’s Silver Oak just bought a new vineyard

  February 24 2023

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• These two major vineyard sales mark a shift in Wine Country real estate

  February 23 2023

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• In Berkeley, one winery is expanding fast. Another claims it was forced out

  February 22 2023

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• Two of the Bay area’s top craft breweries are merging

  February 16 2023

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• Restaurant wine pairings are often boring. This one brings serious drama

  February 16 2023

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• An English Lord and Lady are selling their Napa Valley vineyard for $35 million

  February 15 2023

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• Canned cocktails are booming. California lawmakers want to make it easier to buy them

  February 13 2023

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• Want to bring your own wine to a Bay Area restaurant? That'll cost $50

  February 09 2023

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• How product placement gets wine bottles into shows like ‘The Last of Us’

  February 09 2023

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• Flaky Jamaican pastries arrive at the Ferry Building, plus 6 more great new Bay Area restaurants

  February 08 2023

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• Climate change has already come for this vineyard. But the wines don't taste like you'd expect

  February 02 2023

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• A luxurious new wine bar hopes to revive a neglected corner of downtown S.F.

  January 31 2023

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• Why one of Sonoma’s best wineries hired a winemaker who'd never made wine before

  January 30 2023

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• The secret to finding a tasty nonalcoholic drink

  January 26 2023

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• It's not just Millennials: Why 2023 will be tough for California’s wine industry

  January 19 2023

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• Napa wine may cost more in 2023, as 71% of wineries plan to raise prices

  January 18 2023

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• Bay Area bars hoped for a post-COVID renaissance. But people are still staying home

  January 12 2023

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• One thing the California storms are good for: vineyards

  January 12 2023

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• These wine stars are taking over a major vineyard in this coveted Napa region

  January 11 2023

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• This James Beard-nominated natural wine bar is expanding to Wine Country

  January 09 2023

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• An easy New Year's drinking resolution: Shop for wine locally

  January 05 2023

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• A $17 glass of wine is normal at Bay Area restaurants now. Here's why

  January 05 2023

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• After a 17-year battle, Napa's most controversial vineyard is going to an unexpected owner

  January 05 2023

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• These elite Napa estates are releasing wines from a fire-ravaged year. Do they taste smoky?

  January 01 2023

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• These were the biggest California wine stories of 2022

  December 29 2022

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• We tried a lot of Trader Joe's sparkling wines. These are the 7 best ones to buy for New Year's Eve

  December 28 2022

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• It was the wine world’s buzziest online club. Can it recover from bankruptcy?

  December 27 2022

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• 15 restaurants Chronicle food writers kept going back to in 2022 — off the clock

  December 23 2022

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• This is the best use for cheap wine on Christmas

  December 22 2022

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• ‘Spirits Alley’ was supposed to be a major Bay Area drinking destination. Now some say it’s in a state of disrepair

  December 20 2022

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• Has Wine Country become too expensive for its own good?

  December 20 2022

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• Fiji Water owners just bought one of Napa Valley’s most beloved tasting rooms

  December 16 2022

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• The Bay Area’s 13 best new bars of the year

  December 16 2022

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• Nutrition facts will soon appear on some wine bottles, and they might surprise you

  December 15 2022

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• Napa vineyard sales are usually secret. So why was this $34 million deal so public?

  December 08 2022

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• The Prisoner Wine Co. says it’s reforming its problematic imagery. Is it enough?

  December 01 2022

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• Margaret Duckhorn, the Napa vintner who helped America fall in love with Merlot, dies at 83

  November 28 2022

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• This Bay Area winemaker found a much more affordable vineyard — in France

  November 24 2022

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• You’re at Total Wine on Thanksgiving. Here are the best bottles to buy in the Bay Area

  November 23 2022

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• The Bay Area's most reputable vodka distillery is shutting down its tasting room

  November 21 2022

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• Michael Mina's Italian-cocktail spin-off bar bets on S.F. downtown renaissance

  November 21 2022

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• These Bay Area wine shops will be open on Thanksgiving Day

  November 21 2022

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• Think wine advertising is sexist today? Check out these Chronicle articles from 1942

  November 17 2022

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• How S.F. surfers rescued one of the city's most notorious dive bars

  November 16 2022

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• 20 best cocktail bars in the Bay Area

  November 15 2022

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• Private jets, luxury cars, semiautomatic rifles: Napa vintner owes $5 million for misspent funds

  November 11 2022

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• He rarely gets credit, but this winemaker helped inspire California's natural wine movement

  November 10 2022

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• Winery opens ambitious, three-story tasting palace in S.F. — with an underground nightclub

  November 09 2022

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• This scientist is creating a beloved West African wine — in an Oakland lab

  November 07 2022

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• This zero-waste, low-ABV ‘wine tea’ is winning over the Bay Area

  November 03 2022

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• New S.F. rooftop bar pairs sweeping views with cocktails from Mister Jiu's alum

  October 31 2022

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• Federal regulators descend upon nation’s largest alcohol wholesaler

  October 28 2022

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• What really makes California wine different from European wine?

  October 27 2022

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• One of S.F.'s most prominent breweries announces sudden closure

  October 26 2022

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• Some Bay Area wineries will soon ask you to return bottles after drinking

  October 25 2022

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• The best Napa and Sonoma wine tastings for $30 and under

  October 20 2022

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• Why natural wine people desperately want you to stop saying ‘funky’

  October 06 2022

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• Bankruptcy, wildfires, $192 million in debt: What happened to Napa’s ‘Falcon Crest’ winery

  October 04 2022

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• These are the 15 most beautiful wineries in Napa and Sonoma

  October 04 2022

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• 100-year-old S.F. corner store restored into ‘high-low’ shop, selling Champagne, $12 wine and Doritos

  October 03 2022

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• This California winemaker went to the Ukrainian-Polish border to feed refugees this summer

  September 29 2022

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• He hit Bay Area small businesses with disability lawsuits. Video may uncover ‘a monumental fraud’

  September 28 2022

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• This remote California wine region was a ‘holy grail.’ But climate change is threatening it

  September 26 2022

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• How to tell if a wine was farmed with Roundup

  September 22 2022

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• This climate-friendly farming approach could also make better-tasting wine

  September 16 2022

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• The Bay Area’s newest cocktail trend: stick a popsicle in it

  September 15 2022

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• How a mainstream weed killer became one of California wine’s biggest controversies

  September 14 2022

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• Fred Franzia, creator of Two Buck Chuck wine, dies at 79

  September 13 2022

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• Winemaking in a California heat wave: ‘It's a roll of the dice’

  September 08 2022

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• California heat wave: No rolling blackouts Tuesday night

  September 06 2022

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• Best 25 Wineries: Where to go wine tasting in Napa and the Bay Area, Fall 2022

  September 06 2022

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• This Napa vineyard looks totally bizarre. Here's why it could help with climate change

  September 02 2022

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• Wine tech's big problem: Algorithms may not be the answer

  September 01 2022

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• You’ve heard the viral Corn Kid song. Now eat some corn in the Bay Area

  August 31 2022

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• We tasted the top-rated wines in a hugely popular app. Are they actually any good?

  August 31 2022

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• Chuggable wines are trendy. But these Sonoma winemakers are doing something more interesting

  August 29 2022

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• The winery co-founded by Gavin Newsom just bought a major Napa vineyard for $14.5 million

  August 26 2022

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• It’s impossible to tell how California’s wine harvest is going

  August 25 2022

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• 'Wine tech is a graveyard of failure': Napa startup lays off almost entire staff

  August 24 2022

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• The Bay Area fell in love with this country's natural wines. Then the war in Ukraine made them scarce

  August 22 2022

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• Greek, Armenian, Mexican: S.F. wine bars are going hyper-specific

  August 18 2022

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• S.F.'s newest, biggest Souvla is debuting a new menu for the first time in 8 years

  August 16 2022

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• Jalapeños in rosé? Our wine critic weighs in on the viral TikTok trend

  August 11 2022

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• This wellness magazine’s misleading advice on rose is infuriating wine experts

  August 10 2022

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• Top Sonoma County Wineries

  August 10 2022

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• That beer-theme water park in Napa was a publicity stunt after all, surprising no one

  August 08 2022

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• Hushed Japanese jazz bars are booming in the Bay Area

  August 08 2022

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• Is that a beer bong at that natural wine bar? Actually, it's an ancient Spanish tradition

  August 04 2022

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• After controversy, S.F.’s most acclaimed bar is back with rare spirits you can't find anywhere else

  August 03 2022

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• Why one of California’s most powerful wineries is rebranding as an organic company

  August 02 2022

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• Warriors fans are getting an experimental wine bar this season

  July 28 2022

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• Why we published a package of stories about the future of Napa wine

  July 28 2022

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• Napa Valley has perfected one type of wine. But is it starting to all taste the same?

  July 27 2022

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• Napa Valley is America’s top wine region. But it has reached a turning point that could change everything

  July 27 2022

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• Napa’s ‘Disneyland’ wineries: Are they actually worth the trip?

  July 27 2022

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• These power players are shaping the future of Napa Valley wine

  July 27 2022

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• Napa wine tasting fees are more than twice as expensive as 6 years ago. Here’s why

  July 22 2022

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• The unexpected ingredient in this $275 Napa wine: S.F. Bay water

  July 21 2022

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• The 12 best canned wines and more for summer camping

  July 20 2022

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• Napa’s latest vineyard deal comes with a shocking price tag: $0

  July 19 2022

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• The secret behind the Bay Area’s most popular tropical beers: GMO yeast

  July 15 2022

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• This new S.F. bar may be the first in the country to serve exclusively Mexican wines

  July 11 2022

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• Sales of this nonalcoholic, 'calming' canned drink are booming

  July 07 2022

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• Napa residents are freaking out over a beer-theme park coming to town. It can't be real, right?

  July 06 2022

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• These are the best kid-friendly wineries in the Bay Area

  July 05 2022

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• Why it really does matter when family-owned Napa wineries sell to corporations

  June 30 2022

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• Leading Napa winery Joseph Phelps acquired by French luxury conglomerate

  June 29 2022

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• Trendsetting brewery Fort Point permanently closes one of its S.F. taprooms

  June 29 2022

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• These exciting new California wines are made without grapes — just flowers

  June 28 2022

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• This wine critic will not judge you for putting ice cubes in your wine

  June 23 2022

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• These are the 11 best California rosés right now for $20 or less

  June 21 2022

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• Can’t find Sriracha in the Bay Area? We tried six alternative brands to fill the spicy void

  June 17 2022

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• Eataly carries 1,200 Italian wines. How to drink your way through the new Bay Area food hall

  June 16 2022

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• Self-driving tractors could be widespread in California farms by next year

  June 14 2022

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• Josh Jensen, winemaker who proved that Pinot Noir could thrive in California, dies at 78

  June 13 2022

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• If the California wine industry wants to survive, it must use less water

  June 09 2022

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• Meet Napa’s ‘class of 1972,’ the cool kids who changed American wine forever

  June 09 2022

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• These two Bay Area cocktail spots just ranked among the 50 best bars in North America

  June 08 2022

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• Crudités comeback: 8 Bay Area restaurants serving next-level veggies and dip

  June 08 2022

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• A new wine bar is bringing downtown energy to one of S.F.’s most quiet neighborhoods

  June 03 2022

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• Jonathan Waters defined what it meant to be a 'Chez Panisse wine'

  June 02 2022

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• Sean Thackrey, Marin’s eccentric, iconoclastic winemaking legend, dies at 79

  May 31 2022

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• Can't finish a bottle in one sitting? Here's what to do with leftover wine

  May 26 2022

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• Hard-to-find Italian food and wine is the focus at Wine Country’s newest specialty shop

  May 25 2022

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• A voracious moth that ‘skeletonizes’ grapevines was found in a Napa vineyard

  May 24 2022

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• Inside the 11-year battle to turn the remote coastline of Sonoma into an official wine region

  May 20 2022

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• Wine 'vintage' means nothing to Millennials. Can this winemaker's unorthodox plan win them over?

  May 19 2022

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• A hidden rooftop cocktail bar inspired by Italian grandmas opens in S.F.

  May 16 2022

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• Local brewer purchases Heineken’s stake in beloved Sonoma County brewery Moonlight

  May 13 2022

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• Why winemaking keeps migrating outside of Napa Valley

  May 12 2022

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• Top-selling Golden State Cider acquired by neighboring craft brewery Seismic

  May 11 2022

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• Napa’s famous Caymus just opened a mega tasting room in the last place you’d expect

  May 10 2022

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• S.F.’s newest, hottest natural wine bar is for everyone

  May 06 2022

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• This French-inspired tasting room is the first in California to focus on aperitifs

  May 06 2022

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• Soju, not wine, is the best drink to order at Sonoma's new Korean-Basque restaurant

  May 05 2022

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• Yes, Napa's expensive. But you can still visit on a budget

  April 28 2022

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• Desperate for water, Sonoma grape farmers build expensive pipelines to the city’s recycled sewage

  April 27 2022

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• This understated snack is the food pairing of choice among California wineries

  April 21 2022

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• What’s Cabernet Pfeffer? This obscure wine grape is suddenly wildly popular

  April 18 2022

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• 50 Bay Area wineries got hit with disability lawsuits. The winemakers say they’re ‘predatory’

  April 14 2022

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• 'Clean wine' is a manipulative term, and now the feds agree

  April 14 2022

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• California wine needs to win Millennials. So why is this Courteney Cox ad courting Boomers?

  April 08 2022

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• Can Grocery Outlet's $5.99 wines possibly be any good?

  April 07 2022

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• Chardonnay sensation Rombauer expands to 830 acres with three new vineyard acquisitions

  April 05 2022

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• Inside Bond, the Napa winery that takes a decade to craft its $825 wines

  April 01 2022

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• The not-so-secret reason California wineries are constantly fighting over name rights

  March 31 2022

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• To drink sustainably, opt for wine in aluminum cans, not glass bottles

  March 24 2022

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• Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day in such a specifically tacky way?

  March 17 2022

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• Award-winning Pacific Cocktail Haven reopens in new location after 2021 fire

  March 15 2022

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• The best California Chardonnays for $20 or less

  March 08 2022

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• This high-end Sonoma winery is preparing for climate change by growing grapes closer to the ocean

  March 06 2022

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• Some of California's most exciting new wines come from the coastal vineyards of San Luis Obispo

  March 03 2022

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• Livermore wineries have struggled to be taken seriously. Will new initiatives finally turn the tide?

  March 02 2022

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• Eight great bottles to try from Livermore, the Bay Area’s underdog wine region

  March 02 2022

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• Controversial Walt Ranch development vote delayed in Napa following protests

  March 01 2022

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• A wealthy family’s plans for a Napa vineyard have exploded into controversy. The outcome could define the valley’s future

  February 27 2022

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• Marin's first natural wine shop is coming to San Anselmo

  February 25 2022

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• Snow in a Bay Area vineyard? It's not unusual for some — and can actually be good for grapes

  February 24 2022

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• California’s delicious new drink style: alcohol with local ume, the tangy and candy-like Japanese fruit

  February 18 2022

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• Elizabeth Banks' Instagram snake giveaway is a game changer for celebrity wine marketing

  February 17 2022

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• Napa’s historic Shafer Vineyards sells to South Korean conglomerate for $250 million

  February 16 2022

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• A new San Jose taproom has an unusual focus: beers with fermented fruits and vegetables

  February 14 2022

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• East Bay wine institution Rock Wall is closing after 14 years due to the pandemic

  February 10 2022

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• In Wine Country, one radical farmer is growing an unexpected heirloom crop: wheat

  February 07 2022

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• Boundary-pushing brewery Woods is opening new taprooms on Treasure Island and in Marin

  February 07 2022

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• Stop overthinking it: The shape of your wine glass doesn't really matter

  February 03 2022

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• Healdsburg’s new Sicily-inspired winery is pouring the best white wine you’ve never heard of

  February 02 2022

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• The newest celebrity wine actually tastes good: a Sonoma rosé from country band the Chicks

  February 01 2022

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• The Richmond has S.F.'s best neighborhood bars. Here's why I'll miss being a regular

  January 27 2022

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• Bay Area grocery store wine tips: Three standouts under $20 at Mollie Stone’s Markets right now

  January 26 2022

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• New bars have been banned in S.F.’s Castro neighborhood since 1987. A city ordinance just changed that

  January 25 2022

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• A playful, all-natural wine shop from a Tartine baker opens in the Castro

  January 25 2022

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• Nicholas Molnar, an undersung hero of modern Napa wine, dies at 94

  January 23 2022

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• What the new set of wine TV shows get wrong (and right) about California wine

  January 20 2022

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• Pop culture usually associates wine with whiteness. Three new TV shows are changing that

  January 19 2022

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• The Chronicle’s wine coverage is about to expand. Here's how

  January 13 2022

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• S.F.'s newest brewpub is here with Spice Girls-inspired cocktails, experimental beers and sea creature decor

  January 07 2022

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• Non-alcoholic wine is gross. Get through dry January with these naturally booze-free drinks instead

  January 06 2022

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• The stories that defined California wine in 2021

  December 30 2021

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• Santa Cruz’s funky ale sensation Sante Adairius is taking over Oakland’s popular Trappist beer bar

  December 29 2021

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• California has a compelling new sparkling winery, with bubbles that evoke a brisk coastal breeze

  December 28 2021

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• After four harrowing years of smoke and fires, Bay Area wineries rejoice in a ‘normal’ harvest

  December 27 2021

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• Europe just issued a shocking rule that could help global winemakers address climate change

  December 16 2021

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• The Bay Area’s best new bars in 2021

  December 16 2021

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• The biggest trends at Bay Area bars this year: electric colors and yes, less booze

  December 09 2021

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• Wine and NHL mogul Bill Foley buys Sonoma's Chateau St. Jean with plans to restore its former glory

  December 09 2021

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• The king of flashy Napa wineries just acquired a new tasting room in a prime Rutherford location

  December 08 2021

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• 9 actually good, affordable wines to get at Bay Area grocery stores: Costco, Gus’s and Berkeley Bowl

  December 08 2021

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• Robert Parker Wine Advocate has a new editor, but its notorious 100-point system is here to stay

  December 02 2021

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• What’s the ‘biodynamic’ wine scene in ‘Succession’ mean? It’s a clever metaphor in more than one way

  November 24 2021

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• Cult beer Pliny the Younger will return in February for in-person release in Sonoma County

  November 23 2021

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• The master sommelier expulsions won’t fix wine industry sexism, women say

  November 18 2021

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• The only advice you need for Thanksgiving wine shopping this year

  November 18 2021

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• Napa Chardonnay sensation Frank Family sold for $315 million to wine giant Treasury

  November 18 2021

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• Wine’s most prestigious group expels six master sommeliers after sexual misconduct investigation

  November 17 2021

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• Here are the best California Cabernets for $20 or less right now

  October 30 2021

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• Oakland’s newest taproom specializes in beer’s fruity, often-derided cousin: the shandy

  October 29 2021

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• The Prisoner is uniquely positioned to influence change in wine. Will it ditch its problematic aesthetic to do it?

  October 28 2021

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• The Prisoner is one of Napa’s most popular wines. It also glamorizes something ugly: incarceration

  October 27 2021

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• Come work with me as The San Francisco Chronicle's next wine writer

  October 21 2021

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• The newest diversity recruiter for UC Davis’ prestigious wine program? Dwyane Wade

  October 19 2021

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• Two wine superstars just bought 162 acres of what some consider California's best Syrah vines

  October 18 2021

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• Harvest worker’s death at famed Dry Creek Vineyard now under investigation

  October 14 2021

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• The best indie craft whiskeys can be hard to find. Could this experimental company help?

  October 14 2021

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• California announces changes to ease the thorny problem of fire insurance for vintners, farmers

  October 12 2021

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• California is officially keeping to-go cocktails and drinking in restaurant parklets

  October 08 2021

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• Seriously, how did Grey Poupon's terrible mustard wine sell out in one day?

  October 07 2021

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• S.F.'s most thrilling new wine destination for industry insiders: this quiet Turkish restaurant

  October 04 2021

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• Oakland is full of hip natural wine bars. Now, El Cerrito is getting one

  October 01 2021

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• A popular Oakland sex shop is opening a cocktail bar, genital decor included

  September 30 2021

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• How 4 bartenders saved 540 Club, the Richmond District's most atmospheric dive bar

  September 30 2021

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• This Sonoma County restaurant offers a whopping 130 wines by the glass. But how to choose?

  September 30 2021

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• Six fresh California red blends that defy the wine's cloying, heavy stereotype

  September 24 2021

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• Without federal aid for wildfires, California's wine industry could collapse, vintners say

  September 23 2021

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• Meet Ashanta, a promising new California winery that sources grapes grown in unexpected places

  September 22 2021

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• Bay Area winemakers are feeling climate change more acutely than ever this harvest season

  September 16 2021

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• A luxury Healdsburg winery bought this award-winning Malbec vineyard in aggressive expansion push

  September 15 2021

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• San Francisco’s favorite new cocktail is the briny ‘coastal martini.’ Here are the best to try

  September 15 2021

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• California is close to permanently legalizing takeout cocktails and parklet drinking

  September 14 2021

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• This California winery was at the top of its game. So why did it shutter completely?

  September 09 2021

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• One of California's most influential modern wineries, Dirty & Rowdy, is ending after 11 years

  September 08 2021

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• How a former A.I. exec is betting big on a multimillion-dollar Napa wine empire

  September 02 2021

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• Forget 'chillable reds.' All red wines should be served a little cold

  September 02 2021

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• Controversial owners of Fiji Water just bought an esteemed Napa winery

  September 01 2021

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• Influential British wine critic Jancis Robinson sells her website, with plans to increase California focus

  August 31 2021

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• Caldor Fire is throwing harvest into chaos in up-and-coming El Dorado wine country

  August 26 2021

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• Critics say ‘zero-zero’ wines are vinegary disasters. But these crowd-pleasing bottles are delicious

  August 20 2021

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• How Napa’s Cakebread winery absolved itself of starting one of California’s most destructive fires

  August 20 2021

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• Those online quizzes that match you with your ideal wine are worse than horoscopes

  August 19 2021

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• Acclaimed Trick Dog's newest Mission bar is a spritzy, European-inspired spot

  August 16 2021

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• Natural wine is niche, but its signature styles are becoming mainstream in California

  August 12 2021

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• Inside California wine's growing avant-garde: the 'zero-zero' winemakers

  August 12 2021

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• One of the few public wine companies just added a new perk: wine discounts for shareholders

  August 11 2021

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• A Healdsburg winery’s glitzy job contest promised $10K a month. It was a stunt — and it worked

  August 10 2021

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• Severe drought is forcing one of Sonoma's best Syrah vineyards to make no wine

  August 05 2021

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• $2 million helicopters and vintage fire trucks: How frustrated Napa residents are taking wildfire protection into their own hands

  August 05 2021

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• Napa natural wine club whose 'cult-like' job went viral is even more eccentric than it sounds

  July 29 2021

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• NFTs, emoji apps, Instagram magazines: Will wacky projects help winemaker Dan Petroski sell wine?

  July 29 2021

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• This rustic red wine from Contra Costa County is an homage to old California

  July 28 2021

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• This ginger beer from a Napa winemaker is the best canned alcoholic drink I've had all year

  July 22 2021

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• Historic winery Far Niente just bought a major 133-acre vineyard in Napa Valley

  July 21 2021

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• All California Chardonnays want to smell like white Burgundy. This one actually does

  July 21 2021

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• Sorry, Putin. Your absurd new law can't stop Champagne from being Champagne

  July 15 2021

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• This California $28 Chenin Blanc tastes like guava drizzled with honey

  July 14 2021

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• A new way to drink the Bay Area's smallest indie wines is gaining momentum: tasting collectives

  July 14 2021

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• The Mission is getting a cool-kid dance party spot that serves hardcore natural wines

  July 12 2021

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• As California wineries lose insurance, some fear this fire season will be their last

  July 11 2021

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• Not just potatoes: Idaho makes Riesling wines that blew me away

  July 08 2021

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• The undeniable magic of stepping into your favorite S.F. dive bar after 16 months

  July 08 2021

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• The perfect camping wine: this refreshing, dry white blend in a lightweight aluminum bottle

  July 06 2021

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• Alcohol ads now try to appeal to all genders. Somehow, they're still sexist

  July 01 2021

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• This Napa rosé proves that dark-pink wine doesn't have to be sweet and gross

  June 30 2021

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• Wine’s answer to White Claw: bubbly, fruity canned spritzers. Here are the best ones to try

  June 24 2021

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• What tourism downturn? Napa wineries report off-the-charts demand for $500-plus tastings

  June 20 2021

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• Planning, reservations, appointments: In a post-COVID drinking world, spontaneity will be gone

  June 17 2021

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• Bay Area bars are roaring back to life. Here are the best new...

  June 17 2021

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• This fizzy, tropical Sauvignon Blanc is made with a secret weapon: crunchy Bartlett pears

  June 16 2021

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• Napa’s extravagant wine auction ends after 40 years, changing to be less ‘elitist’

  June 15 2021

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• Meet the Millennial woman modernizing one of Napa’s most exclusive wineries

  June 12 2021

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• Wine sales and tourism are soaring. But Bay Area wineries could have trouble ahead

  June 10 2021

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• Mission icon Virgil's is turning into a dreamy, space age-y bar with a hanging garden

  June 09 2021

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• This ultra-light, botanical Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is half the price it should be

  June 09 2021

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• Phil Mickelson, wine influencer? This $450 Napa Cab is selling out after golfer drinks it from trophy

  June 04 2021

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• Craft beer's MeToo reckoning will need more than Instagram posts for lasting change

  June 03 2021

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• One of Napa's best-kept secrets, the Heitz Grignolino, gets its own eccentric wine label

  June 02 2021

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• Arkansas mogul Gaylon Lawrence Jr., once unknown to wine, is opening four Napa tasting rooms this summer

  June 01 2021

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• This sub-$20 red wine from two S.F. sommeliers is easy Memorial Day drinking

  May 26 2021

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• Hybrid wines I actually recommend (no, I'm not joking)

  May 20 2021

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• Craft beer’s #MeToo moment hits Humble Sea, Modern Times, Original Pattern and other Bay Area breweries

  May 20 2021

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• Indigenous North American grapevines, not the standard European varieties, may be California wine's answer to climate change

  May 19 2021

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• This underrated Spanish-style white wine tastes like biting into a ripe, juicy peach

  May 19 2021

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• Jim Clendenen, Santa Barbara vintner who changed the course of California Pinot Noir, dies at 68

  May 18 2021

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• Two Sonoma winery layoffs show how the industry has changed in the past decade

  May 13 2021

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• This zippy, tart white wine is actually a red Pinot Noir in disguise

  May 12 2021

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• What Gallo's new layoffs at Clos du Bois winery reveal about the future of California's cheapest wines

  May 10 2021

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• A new Napa vintner just made an ambitious Rutherford winery purchase, with plans for $275 Cabernet

  May 06 2021

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• Can Pinot Grigio 'express' a concept? Here's why wine language drives me nuts

  May 06 2021

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• Instagram's wine influencers started thriving during the pandemic. Their rise has prompted sexist backlash

  May 05 2021

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• Marine Layer's new tasting room will bring high-end Pinot Noir and sleek vibes to downtown Healdsburg this summer

  May 05 2021

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• This $17 white wine from Monterey is an optical illusion: smells sweet, tastes dry

  May 05 2021

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• Mission hit Monk's Kettle brings its epic European beer selection and family-friendly vibes to Marin

  April 30 2021

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• Bold beers like hazy IPAs are all the rage. But Moonlight's subtle, balanced lagers will never go out of style

  April 29 2021

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• This minty red blend shows how wines can take on the flavors of plants that grow nearby

  April 28 2021

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• This beloved Marin winery is shutting down, citing California's drought and climate change

  April 27 2021

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• True Bay Area beer geeks know: Pandemic drinking is all about cartoon-covered, limited edition cans

  April 25 2021

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• California's droughts sometimes make better wine — but they're bad for the industry overall. Here's why

  April 22 2021

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• How is this lovely California red blend a jaw-dropping sub-$15? It uses leftover fine wine

  April 21 2021

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• How a tiny urban vineyard in San Francisco is trying to transform California wine

  April 20 2021

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• White Claw's higher-alcohol Surge means Millennials can stop pretending hard seltzer was ever 'healthy'

  April 15 2021

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• Fall in love with this esoteric grape by drinking this fruity and fun California-grown red wine

  April 14 2021

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• How Wine Country's insular nature played a role in Dominic Foppoli's alleged misconduct

  April 14 2021

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• Sonoma County wine industry group to expel Dominic Foppoli’s winery following sexual assault allegations

  April 10 2021

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• Dominic Foppoli’s ambitions embodied Windsor. Now his troubles threaten to engulf it

  April 09 2021

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• A Sonoma County winery owner has been accused of sexually assaulting four women. Here’s why it matters

  April 08 2021

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• In a hippie Marin town, a destination-worthy bar excels at wild and colorful cocktails

  April 08 2021

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• The best way to welcome spring: drink this mouthwatering, pale-pink Sonoma rosé

  April 07 2021

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• Napa’s prestigious Staglin winery says it needs more visitors to succeed. Its wealthy neighbors are fighting back

  April 02 2021

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• Restaurant wining and dining is back in the Bay Area. But please don’t BYOB

  April 01 2021

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• A woodsy, floral Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir that captures the fresh California springtime

  March 31 2021

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• Sonoma’s new cutting-edge natural wine restaurant, Valley, takes risks that pay off

  March 30 2021

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• San Francisco may have a wine thief. And it looks like they're into fancy Italian bottles

  March 30 2021

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• COVID restrictions are lifting in the Bay Area. It’s time to go wine tasting

  March 25 2021

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• Top 25 Wineries to Visit in the Bay Area

  March 25 2021

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• Where bars, breweries and wineries are open right now in the Bay Area

  March 24 2021

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• New bar from all-star cocktail team is taking over former Californios space in the Mission

  March 24 2021

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• Thanks to COVID, this delicious, Austrian-style white wine is way underpriced at $15

  March 24 2021

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• The existential mind trap of a year of drinking at home during COVID-19

  March 18 2021

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• Forget Franzia. Here's a truly great new boxed California wine, endorsed by our wine critic

  March 17 2021

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• Pandemic drinking shows America’s all-or-nothing attitude toward alcohol: binge or be sober

  March 17 2021

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• San Francisco Mayor Breed moves to make restaurant parklets permanent

  March 12 2021

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• The entire Bay Area could be in the red tier within days. Here’s how

  March 12 2021

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• Inside the grueling sport of marathon wine tasting

  March 11 2021

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• Wine wisdom suggests Aligote is boring. But this refreshing $18 California version is anything but

  March 10 2021

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• Napa Valley’s smallest farms have long been closed to tourists. A new law may change that

  March 09 2021

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• Steven Spurrier, the Brit who got California wines to be taken seriously, dies at 79

  March 09 2021

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• A new Bay Area brewery is making kimchi sours and other Korea-inspired beers — and doing it well

  March 05 2021

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• How to preserve a wine bottle after opening it? Our wine critic says don't worry about fancy devices

  March 04 2021

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• This $18 Pinot Gris is a jolt of the cool, briny Santa Cruz ocean air

  March 03 2021

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• Gen Z is making fun of Millennials on TikTok for drinking wine. They've got it all wrong

  February 25 2021

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• Virgil’s Sea Room permanently closes, the latest loss among S.F.’s endangered queer bars

  February 24 2021

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• This ethereal red shows why Grenache may be California’s most climate change-resistant wine

  February 24 2021

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• Bay Area breweries are going all in on gluten-free beer, and this time, they actually taste good

  February 23 2021

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• California wine companies are doing what hasn’t been done in 20 years: go on the stock market

  February 20 2021

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• Farewell to Napa's annual wine auction, the raucous charity bacchanal that's ended after 40 years

  February 18 2021

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• This is the rare Napa winery focused on wines that pair with Asian cuisines

  February 17 2021

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• Point Reyes is not a wine destination. This vintner says climate change could make it one

  February 12 2021

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• New bill seeks to allow to-go cocktails from California restaurants even after pandemic ends

  February 12 2021

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• My favorite white wines to pair with Bay Area Dungeness crab, the purest joy of a short season

  February 11 2021

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• This radiantly pink, exuberantly fruity California sparkling wine is great for day drinking or cocktails

  February 10 2021

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• California liquor bill aims to make restaurant parklets permanent, plus zones for open containers

  February 05 2021

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• Move over, Aperol spritz: Sunny, breezy California aperitifs are the chic Millennial’s new drink of choice

  February 05 2021

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• Which wine was Chrissy Teigen's $13,000 surprise? Our wine critic guesses

  February 04 2021

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• This bacon-laced, umami-rich Syrah is why I love wine from high-altitude California vineyards

  February 03 2021

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• One artist drew Anchor's beer labels for 45 years. Here's what the 93-year-old thinks of the controversial redesign

  January 28 2021

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• Muscat is known as a sweet wine, but California's Cruse makes a game-changing dry version

  January 27 2021

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• You can go wine tasting in the Bay Area again this week, but some wineries will remain closed due to rain

  January 25 2021

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• On eve of 125th birthday, S.F.'s Anchor Brewing is changing its vintage beer labels

  January 25 2021

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• The 2020 wildfires could cost California’s wine industry $3.7 billion — but it doesn’t have to be that way

  January 21 2021

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• A California white wine that will please every palate: this $20 central coast Chenin Blanc

  January 20 2021

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• Cocktails without alcohol are frequently mediocre. Here are some recipes that actually taste good

  January 19 2021

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• Founders of Bay Area’s groundbreaking Cowgirl Creamery cheese company are retiring

  January 14 2021

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• With the big Williams Selyem deal, a California wine icon aims to avoid a common fate: a soulless private equity future

  January 14 2021

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• In a major Pinot Noir deal, Sonoma legend Williams Selyem sells stake to Burgundy's Faiveley family

  January 13 2021

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• Get to know Lang & Reed, the rare Napa winery focused on Cabernet Franc, with this wintery $29 bottle

  January 13 2021

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• A new wine tariff could make French wines 25% more expensive in the Bay Area

  January 12 2021

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• Dry January is easier during COVID for some in the Bay Area. For others, it’s just another stressor

  January 11 2021

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• What the wine world's mega-deal between Gallo and Constellation means for supermarket wine

  January 07 2021

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• This stunning Riesling proves that a little sugar can be a good thing in a wine

  January 06 2021

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• Gallo finalizes $810 million purchase from Constellation, one of the biggest wine acquisitions in modern history

  January 06 2021

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• Pandemic drinking did not save the wine industry's slowing sales, new data shows

  January 05 2021

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• Fast-growing California wine conglomerate acquires Gen Z-oriented Rabble Wines

  January 04 2021

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• The most overlooked wine stories of 2020

  December 31 2020

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• After COVID-19 layoff, months of homelessness, San Jose family settles in new apartment

  December 30 2020

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• 7 festive California sparkling wines to celebrate making it through 2020

  December 23 2020

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• California craft breweries sue Newsom for discrimination over reopening plans

  December 19 2020

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• Why The Chronicle is not naming a Winemaker of the Year in 2020

  December 17 2020

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• Wine Country is officially closed for wine tastings under Bay Area’s new regional stay-at-home order

  December 16 2020

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• This California version of an obscure Italian red wine will make you feel electric

  December 16 2020

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• The 12 California wines that define 2020

  December 15 2020

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• Disastrous wildfires haven't made Napa, Sonoma wine weddings any less popular

  December 11 2020

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• Sonoma wineries must shut down starting Saturday following new stay-at-home order

  December 11 2020

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• Here's why wine doesn't ship for free — and shouldn't if you want small wineries to survive

  December 10 2020

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• Napa and Sonoma wineries, still open for tastings, saw plenty of weekend visitors despite lockdown news

  December 09 2020

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• This refreshing, complex white wine will convert a Chardonnay hater

  December 09 2020

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• S.F.'s popular and lucrative Beer Week pivots to statewide virtual event

  December 08 2020

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• California wineries brace for big losses during holiday season after looming lockdown

  December 03 2020

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• I drank smoke-tainted California wines. Here's what they actually taste like

  December 03 2020

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• This vibrant, pomegranate-packed red wine comes from an unusual vineyard in the East Bay suburbs

  December 02 2020

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• This rich, fruity $25 Sonoma Cabernet tastes a lot more expensive than it is

  November 25 2020

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• Pliny the Younger nixes its hyped up Sonoma County brewpub release due to COVID

  November 23 2020

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• This Berkeley winemaker lost most of his 2020 red wines to smoke taint. So he fermented some pears

  November 19 2020

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• This sunny, salty white wine will balance out the richness of a Thanksgiving meal

  November 18 2020

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• The Court of Master Sommeliers’ sexual misconduct scandal could render it irrelevant

  November 12 2020

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• This tantalizingly light-bodied Zinfandel tastes like a Thanksgiving feast

  November 11 2020

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• One of Sonoma's oldest Pinot Noir vineyards has an under-the-radar historic tie to S.F. Victorians

  November 10 2020

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• Nation's top women sommeliers demand revolutionary change after sexual misconduct claims rock wine world

  November 05 2020

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• The untold story of Alpana Singh, one of America’s only women of color to become a master sommelier

  November 05 2020

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• An ‘entry-level’ Sonoma Pinot Noir that punches way above its weight

  November 04 2020

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• Head of prominent Bay Area wine nonprofit resigns following report of sexual misconduct allegations

  October 30 2020

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• For wine to be ethical, does it need to be expensive? One winemaker says yes

  October 29 2020

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• Wine Country, fire country

  October 29 2020

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• An unexpected blend of creamy Chardonnay and fruity Sauvignon Blanc that blew this wine critic's mind

  October 28 2020

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• The simple delight of getting a good wine recommendation

  October 22 2020

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• Drink this spicy, juicy $10 red wine that smells like your hands after rubbing a rose petal

  October 21 2020

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• Napa winemakers are demanding looser restrictions after wildfires, pandemic scorch local tourism

  October 20 2020

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• Napa’s newest tasting room is a fancy picnic set in a gothic fairy tale

  October 20 2020

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• Many California wineries will make no wine this year because of wildfire smoke

  October 17 2020

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• The wine bar story I’ve waited seven months to write

  October 15 2020

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• The warm and inviting wine bar is alive at Habibi, a Russian Hill pop-up

  October 14 2020

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• Dolores Cakebread, who helped turn Napa Valley into a food and wine destination, dies at 90

  October 13 2020

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• Catastrophic Glass Fire marks new, dangerous era for Napa wine industry

  October 09 2020

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• Napa wineries dub a ‘true hero’ of Glass Fire: a winemaker on a stunt motorcycle

  October 08 2020

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• In fire-prone Napa, winery employees double as high percentage of region's volunteer firefighters

  October 05 2020

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• Glass Fire has now damaged 17 Napa Valley wineries as world-famous region remains under grave threat

  October 04 2020

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• Napa's Spring Mountain avoided fires for years. Now the hill's boutique wineries face total destruction

  October 01 2020

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• Wineries burn, but places endure: After Cain is destroyed, new reasons for hope

  October 01 2020

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• Devastating photos show extent of fire damage at Napa Valley wineries

  September 30 2020

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• 2020's fire damage to Napa wineries already far exceeds 2017, and it may not be done

  September 29 2020

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• Rombauer Vineyards winery safe from Glass Fire despite rumors of burning, plus other safe wineries

  September 29 2020

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• Napa’s famed castle Castello di Amorosa one of many wineries to suffer losses in Glass Fire

  September 29 2020

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• A running list of Napa Valley wineries that have been damaged or destroyed in the Glass Fire

  September 29 2020

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• 120-year-old Napa barn among vineyard structures destroyed in Glass Fire

  September 28 2020

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• Glass Fire burns houses and well-known wineries as it bears down on St. Helena, Santa Rosa

  September 28 2020

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• California fires live updates: Castle winery loses major structure to Glass Fire, Calistoga residents evacuated

  September 28 2020

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• ‘Lemonade out of lemons’: Distillery turns smoke-tainted wine grapes into purposefully smoky grappa

  September 24 2020

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• California's wineries tossed into chaos with backlogged tests for smoke taint

  September 23 2020

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• New S.F. cocktail delivery service aims to take to-go drinks out of takeout containers

  September 21 2020

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• SF’s nostalgic Toy Boat Dessert Cafe reopens with baked goods from Jane

  September 18 2020

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• The news is bad. You deserve a drink

  September 17 2020

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• CoCo Noir, a Black-owned wine bar and shop, is coming to Oakland in early 2021

  September 16 2020

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• The seemingly impossible: an artisanal bottle of California wine for $10

  September 16 2020

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• DA hits Bay Area sports bar owner with criminal charges for serving alcohol indoors

  September 14 2020

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• Trump visa restrictions add obstacle to California winery harvest season: no international interns

  September 11 2020

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• Winemakers are worrying about smoke taint, but wine drinkers should not

  September 10 2020

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• SF bar star Thad Vogler permanently closes 3 of his 4 ambitious restaurants

  September 09 2020

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• Wine’s diversity issue starts with the way we talk about the taste of wine

  September 08 2020

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• Some of Napa’s oldest Cabernet vines destroyed in Hennessey Fire

  September 04 2020

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• What does it mean for a wine to taste like it's 'supposed to'?

  September 03 2020

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• San Francisco’s beloved 20th Century Cafe adds a new natural wine shop

  September 01 2020

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• Petite Sirah, one of California’s most maligned wines, gets a lighter, better makeover

  September 01 2020

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• Napa locals go ‘cowboy,’ bulldozing firebreaks to save wineries as resources wane

  August 28 2020

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• The 2020 wildfires and Bay Area's food and wine supply: what you need to know

  August 27 2020

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• Wine scion Angelina Mondavi acquires well-regarded Sojourn Cellars, growing her empire

  August 27 2020

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• The 2020 wildfires and California wine: what we know so far

  August 27 2020

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• Wildfire smoke is already risking nearly all of one Sonoma winemaker's 2020 wines

  August 25 2020

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• Top Santa Cruz Mountains winery survives fire, but owner’s home destroyed

  August 23 2020

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• Fires tear through Sonoma County just at vineyards’ harvest time

  August 22 2020

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• Wildfires tear through small Vacaville farms, killing livestock and singeing lavender fields

  August 22 2020

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• Rosé could be the solution to wildfire smoke damage in California vineyards

  August 20 2020

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• 'The perfect storm': Wildfires compound California's unusually tough wine harvest season

  August 19 2020

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• Lake County's Steele Wines is purchased by Shannon Ridge winery in major deal

  August 19 2020

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• Hennessey Fire threatens 130-year-old family-run Napa vineyard

  August 18 2020

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• How Bay Area locals are combating wine’s overwhelmingly white makeup

  August 18 2020

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• Can you get the coronavirus from touching or eating food?

  August 14 2020

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• Kamala Harris, the only major candidate who drinks booze, has great taste in wine

  August 13 2020

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• An ambitious new Oakland liquor store is prioritizing BIPOC producers

  August 10 2020

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• What I miss about bars, dingy smells and all

  August 06 2020

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• Influential winemaker Milla Handley, an early Anderson Valley champion, dies at 68 due to COVID-19

  August 03 2020

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• Fort Point expands growing beer empire with new Lower Haight restaurant, now open

  July 31 2020

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• Natural wine drama, and other stories you may have missed this week

  July 30 2020

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• 6 exemplary California whites and reds for natural wine beginners

  July 29 2020

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• Natural wine's (inevitable, problematic) entry into the 'wellness' industry is here

  July 29 2020

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• Napa’s Foley-Johnson Winery closes after worker tests positive for the coronavirus

  July 28 2020

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• Lola Wines’ lush new Napa tasting room is a quiet refuge of vibrant, affordable wine

  July 28 2020

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• California sparkling wine innovator Barry Sterling of Iron Horse Vineyards dies at 90

  July 27 2020

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• Forgotten chapters of California history, in two long-neglected wines

  July 23 2020

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• I’m breaking up with sourdough bread baking

  July 22 2020

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• Cameron Diaz’s new ‘clean’ wine Avaline meets none of the natural wine standards

  July 17 2020

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• A game of red light, green light for California wineries

  July 16 2020

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• ‘It sends the wrong message’: Napa vintners react to winery reopening rollbacks

  July 14 2020

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• What quarantine is like for Bay Area bartenders (and what they’re drinking)

  July 08 2020

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• The chaos of reopening California bars, and a racial reckoning in the wine industry: what you missed this week

  July 02 2020

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• California winemakers bet on Mendocino County for Alpine-style wines

  July 01 2020

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• S.F. bars can reopen for outdoor drinking, but owners face hurdles

  June 26 2020

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• The ‘master’ controversy is bigger than the Court of Master Sommeliers

  June 25 2020

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• Is it worth it to go wine tasting in Napa and Sonoma amid coronavirus?

  June 24 2020

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• Wine Country has reopened, but a rise in coronavirus cases stirs fears

  June 20 2020

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• Court of Master Sommeliers, facing racism charges, to eliminate “master” address

  June 19 2020

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• Haus’ new aperitifs support shuttered San Francisco restaurants

  June 18 2020

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• Bay Area vintners’ support of Trump clashes with politics of most wine drinkers

  June 15 2020

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• Essential wine and drinks stories by writers of color

  June 11 2020

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• Sonoma’s Ferrari-Carano Vineyards purchased by wine mogul Bill Foley

  June 09 2020

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• Drinkers are supporting black-owned wine businesses right now. Will it last?

  June 04 2020

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• Bricoleur, the Sonoma County winery that opened in the middle of a pandemic

  June 03 2020

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• 23 Sonoma County wineries that are open for visitors this weekend

  May 29 2020

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• Napa’s Caymus Vineyards files lawsuit against Newsom to reopen tasting room

  May 29 2020

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• Woods Beer & Wine Co. will open San Francisco taproom in former Mad Dog in the Fog space

  May 28 2020

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• The convoluted logic behind California’s winery tasting room reopening plan

  May 28 2020

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• California wineries slowly begin to reopen tasting rooms, but in altered state

  May 23 2020

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• Rosé is the only thing keeping me sane during the coronavirus shutdown

  May 21 2020

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• Can drinking brandy help solve climate change?

  May 20 2020

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• Restaurants and bars look ahead

  May 18 2020

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• Healdsburg’s Jordan Winery wants to be the first to reopen. One hitch: It can’t serve wine

  May 15 2020

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• $50 ribeye to go? Expect higher meat prices at Bay Area grocery stores and restaurants

  May 14 2020

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• Will the coronavirus make luxury Napa Valley wine less relevant?

  May 14 2020

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• The 12 best San Francisco wine shops offering local delivery during shelter in place

  May 14 2020

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• Dewey’s Wines, a new San Francisco label, embraces wines that are ‘a little askew’

  May 13 2020

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• Will the coronavirus destroy smallest wineries?

  May 11 2020

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• Wine’s asparagus conundrum

  May 07 2020

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• Berkeley’s Donkey and Goat Winery is throwing a drive-through wine party

  May 04 2020

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• In defense of buttery Chardonnay

  April 30 2020

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• Coronavirus: Should California brace for a meat shortage? Not exactly, say industry experts

  April 28 2020

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• Should JaM Cellars be allowed to monopolize buttery Chardonnay?

  April 24 2020

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• Napa vintner Dario Sattui pledges to return $1.2 million small business loan

  April 24 2020

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• Craft distillery St. George sees a path through the coronavirus crisis

  April 23 2020

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• How California’s appetite for Oregon’s grapes fueled a wine war

  April 22 2020

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• It only took the coronavirus pandemic for everyone to realize the pleasure of going for a walk

  April 17 2020

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• What will it take for historic S.F. bars like Specs’ to survive coronavirus? Crowdfunding

  April 16 2020

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• California bulk wine you’ll actually want to drink

  April 16 2020

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• Top-tier Napa Cab for $10? With bulk wine prices so low, new brands offer deep discounts

  April 15 2020

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• Despite reported increase in drinking, California craft brewery sales drop 43%

  April 14 2020

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• Sanity, delivered

  April 11 2020

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• Bay Area restaurants sell off rare wine cellars to generate cash during shelter in place

  April 10 2020

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• Saison and Angler launching new takeout barbecue concept, Saison Smokehouse, during shelter in place

  April 09 2020

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• The coronavirus wine diaries, volume 2

  April 09 2020

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• Homeschooling on a fishing boat: How one Bay Area family makes the most of their coronavirus quarantine

  April 06 2020

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• Netflix film ‘Uncorked’ a fine selection for wine lovers

  April 06 2020

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• The best wines I’ve drunk in my coronavirus quarantine, so far

  April 02 2020

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• The Bay Area is drinking 42% more alcohol than usual while sheltering in place

  March 31 2020

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• FAQ: Can you get the coronavirus from touching or eating food?

  March 29 2020

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• Bay Area brewery Cleophus Quealy to close permanently due to coronavirus shutdown

  March 27 2020

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• The coronavirus and booze: What you missed this week

  March 26 2020

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• While sheltering in place, California wineries rush to offer virtual wine tastings. Are they fun or just awkward?

  March 26 2020

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• To fight coronavirus, California distilleries turn alcohol into hand sanitizer

  March 24 2020

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• California, you can now get cocktails delivered to your home during shelter-in-place

  March 20 2020

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• What makes Sonoma and Napa wineries essential during shelter-in-place?

  March 19 2020

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• The coronavirus is driving us to drink. Maybe that’s OK

  March 19 2020

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• Don’t worry, Bay Area. Even under shelter-in-place, you can still get all the wine you need

  March 18 2020

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• Coronavirus shutdown in the Bay Area: Your food and grocery questions answered

  March 17 2020

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• Will the Bay Area run out of food? Nope. The supply chain is healthy

  March 16 2020

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• Pebble Beach Food and Wine festival canceled over COVID-19 concerns

  March 13 2020

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• Maison Louis Roederer to purchase Napa Valley’s beloved Diamond Creek Vineyards

  March 12 2020

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• That Napa Valley winery corporate retreat? In the age of the coronavirus, forget it

  March 12 2020

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• Let’s not talk about the coronavirus, OK?

  March 12 2020

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• The next drinks trend: Just put the word ‘hard’ in front of any beverage name

  March 05 2020

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• Alameda’s Faction Brewing to bring its popular beers to Oakland’s Temescal

  March 03 2020

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• Bay Area sees surge in Latin American-owned cocktail bars

  March 03 2020

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• It’s not wine. It’s sparkling grape juice, and it’s delicious

  February 27 2020

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• Martha Stoumen’s one-woman natural wine revolution

  February 26 2020

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• San Francisco startup unveils synthetic wine and sake, made from molecules in a lab

  February 20 2020

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• Would you drink a synthetic wine, whiskey or sake?

  February 20 2020

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• Crunchy and bright: The unique coastal expressions of Scar of the Sea Wines

  February 13 2020

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• Founders of Scar of the Sea, a leading Santa Barbara County winery, end partnership

  February 13 2020

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• Thad Vogler to relocate San Francisco’s Bar Agricole, relaunch Obispo

  February 11 2020

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• San Francisco’s Chase Center arena has wine that you’ll actually want to drink

  February 08 2020

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• For the first time ever, you can take home a bottle of Pliny the Younger

  February 06 2020

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• Results are in for The Chronicle’s Northern California Beer Hall of Fame class of 2020

  February 06 2020

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• Does a wine taste different when a winemaker doesn’t add sulfur to it?

  February 06 2020

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• Fieldwork’s seventh taproom is a massive beer hub in Corte Madera

  February 05 2020

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• S.F. brewery-distillery Seven Stills to lose license for 90 days after violating obscure law

  February 03 2020

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• The Chronicle’s expert guide to 2020 SF Beer Week events

  January 31 2020

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• The hot new thing in craft beer? Good old-fashioned lager

  January 31 2020

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• San Francisco’s new hometown brewery

  January 31 2020

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• My Super Bowl wine pairing plan: Levi’s Stadium terroir

  January 30 2020

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• 90,000-gallon tank of wine at Rodney Strong Vineyards leaks Cabernet Sauvignon into Russian River

  January 23 2020

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• Yes, restaurant wine lists are confusing, but occasionally they get it right

  January 23 2020

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• Vineyards versus vernal pools: On Napa’s Atlas Peak, a neighbors’ dispute turns ugly

  January 22 2020

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• For the first time in 25 years, Americans are drinking less wine

  January 16 2020

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• ‘I’m deeply ambivalent’: Winemaker Randall Grahm sells influential Bonny Doon winery

  January 10 2020

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• Why this wine critic is not doing Dry January

  January 09 2020

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• Monk’s Kettle team to open massive, family-friendly beer bar in Marin

  January 07 2020

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• The U.S. is threatening European wineries with new tariffs. But Bay Area businesses would suffer

  January 07 2020

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• The age of cannabis rosé is here. Do the weed wines taste like bong water?

  January 02 2020

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• Looking through the wine glass at 2020

  January 02 2020

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• New California law makes it easier to blur the line between beer and wine

  December 26 2019

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• Is Napa running family winegrowers out of business?

  December 24 2019

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• What does Hall winery’s wine cave tell us about Pete Buttigieg?

  December 20 2019

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• Tariffs, ‘mouse’ and hard seltzer: This was the year in wine

  December 19 2019

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• Carboniste is a California sparkling wine that doesn’t want to be like Champagne

  December 18 2019

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• Burt Williams, co-founder of Williams Selyem Winery, dies at 79

  December 13 2019

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• How we chose the 2019 Winemaker of the Year

  December 12 2019

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• 2019 Winemakers to Watch

  December 08 2019

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• 2019 Winemaker of the Year: Francoise Peschon

  December 08 2019

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• Independent brewery fans rejoice: Anderson Valley and Ballast Point sell, but keep craft ownership

  December 05 2019

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• Anderson Valley Brewing to change hands but stay independent

  December 04 2019

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• California Gold in San Rafael might be Marin’s most ambitious cocktail bar ever

  November 26 2019

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• Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant owners open Mission Bay wine bar and shop in SF

  November 22 2019

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• How to get through Thanksgiving’s great intergenerational wine conflict

  November 21 2019

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• Why human beings love wine, according to Warren Winiarski: “completeness”

  November 21 2019

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• Napa vintner Warren Winiarski wins Smithsonian’s prestigious James Smithson Bicentennial Medal

  November 20 2019

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• Gallo buys renowned Napa Valley winery Pahlmeyer

  November 19 2019

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• Gail Wines, a thrilling new label, reinterprets Sonoma Valley terroir

  November 14 2019

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• Bar Stars 2019

  November 08 2019

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• We’ve gotten it all wrong about Lodi wine

  November 07 2019

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• In fire-ravaged Alexander Valley, families fight to save homes and wineries

  November 02 2019

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• Comic book-themed bar First Edition opens in uptown Oakland

  November 01 2019

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• Bluxome Street Winery in S.F. will close tasting room at the end of the year, but will continue making wine

  October 31 2019

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• While the Kincade Fire burns, Alexander Valley wineries find reason for hope

  October 31 2019

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• Vineyards can help stop fires. They did in the Alexander Valley

  October 29 2019

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• Kincade Fire rips through Sonoma wineries: Soda Rock, Field Stone impacted

  October 27 2019

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• Wildfires and Wine Country: How the industry is adapting to new realities

  October 26 2019

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• Kincade Fire: Flee, survive, worry, wait, a terrible but familiar drill in Wine Country

  October 25 2019

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• Julia Jackson of Jackson Family Wines loses Geyserville home in Kincade Fire

  October 25 2019

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• Kincade Fire threatens Sonoma County wineries

  October 24 2019

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• Kincade Fire threatens Sonoma County wineries

  October 24 2019

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• Randall Grahm’s new Cigare Volant wines are more approachable, more youthful and cheaper

  October 24 2019

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• The new Over Proof will be a permanent cocktail lounge within ABV bar

  October 23 2019

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• Bear Republic to close Healdsburg brewpub in November

  October 22 2019

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• San Francisco bars could learn a thing or two from Japanese cocktail culture

  October 17 2019

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• Eyeing a possible recession, California wineries cut back on production — and farmers suffer

  October 04 2019

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• For beer or sparkling wine, stop trying to pour away the foam

  October 03 2019

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• Is Gaylon Lawrence Jr. building a Napa Valley empire?

  September 26 2019

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• The mysterious and not fully understandable wine defect popping up in natural wines: mouse

  September 24 2019

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• For California wineries during harvest, PG&E power outages could be disastrous

  September 24 2019

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• Harrington Wines, one of SF’s last great urban wineries, to close at the end of the year

  September 19 2019

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• In Oregon, wine shares the stage with fine cider

  September 19 2019

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• Nearly all Sonoma County vineyards are certified sustainable

  September 12 2019

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• Orange wine is not ‘an assault on pleasure,’ it’s a window into our changing tastes

  September 12 2019

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• Review: The Napa Valley Wine Train is tacky. It’s also a lot of fun.

  September 05 2019

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• In Napa Valley, the Wine Train has always been one of the region’s biggest controversies

  September 05 2019

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• We found a hard seltzer that actually tastes good

  September 05 2019

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• An early look at California’s 2019 wine harvest

  August 29 2019

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• Winemaker Shauna Rosenblum had to step out of her father’s shadow to find her own voice

  August 28 2019

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• Georgian wine on my mind

  August 22 2019

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• We blind-tasted 38 hard seltzers. These were the winners (and many losers)

  August 20 2019

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• Hard seltzer is this summer’s biggest scam

  August 20 2019

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• Napa wineries confront climate change by planting new experimental vineyards — without Cabernet Sauvignon.

  August 16 2019

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• Yes, Georgian wine is worth the hype and yes, you should be drinking it

  August 15 2019

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• In Sonoma, a natural winemaker looks to the Republic of Georgia for inspiration

  August 15 2019

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• Courtesy of a Trappist monastery, Greek-style white wine arrives in California

  August 15 2019

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• Meet Brenae Royal, the young, black female farmer behind one of Sonoma’s most important vineyards

  August 09 2019

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• Is there such a thing as a timeless wine?

  August 08 2019

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• Remembering Boots Brounstein, who revolutionized the idea of Napa Valley terroir at Diamond Creek Vineyards

  August 06 2019

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• NIMBYs versus Negronis: Oakland residents protest cocktail bar Here’s How

  August 05 2019

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• Santa Barbara wine has never been more thrilling — or more complicated

  August 01 2019

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• How the year 2004 changed California wine — and California

  August 01 2019

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• Open since 1937, West Portal neighborhood dive bar Portals Tavern will close in August

  July 31 2019

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• They lost everything in the Sonoma County fires. So they decided to make some wine.

  July 25 2019

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• When will California become too hot to grow wine grapes?

  July 18 2019

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• Chronicle critics review Moongate Lounge, the bar above Mister Jiu's in San Francisco

  July 18 2019

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• Why don’t we drink dessert wine?

  July 11 2019

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• Mama, Oakland’s new wine-focused, sub-$30 red-sauce joint, opens tonight

  July 08 2019

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• Wine and barbecue, a perfect pairing

  July 04 2019

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• Tablas Creek just planted a grape you’ve never heard of. But it’s a milestone for California Rhone wines

  June 27 2019

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• The fight to keep alive Charbono, Napa’s nearly extinct heritage grape

  June 26 2019

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• Cult wineries and craft breweries in a changing world

  June 20 2019

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• Bryant Estate legal fight offers glimpse into ‘cult’ wineries’ secretive world

  June 18 2019

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• Is San Francisco's Anchor Brewing having an identity crisis?

  June 14 2019

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• Do we drink the same wine that the Romans drank? Not quite

  June 13 2019

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• Why (and how) to love Amador County wines

  June 06 2019

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• Merlot versus marijuana: Wine Country feuds over measure to grow pot

  June 03 2019

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• Vexed vineyards and Southern recipes

  May 30 2019

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• Vernice Kelley’s authentic Southern recipes

  May 29 2019

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• My Southern grandmother

  May 24 2019

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• Thank you, Robert Parker

  May 23 2019

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• The peculiar controversies of the Aperol Spritz

  May 16 2019

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• This winemaking couple was priced out of Napa. So they bought a French chateau instead

  May 14 2019

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• What even is 'wine' anymore?

  May 09 2019

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• What ‘Wine Country’ gets right (and wrong) about wine tasting in Napa Valley

  May 08 2019

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• Amy Poehler’s ‘Wine Country’ shows what’s wrong with how wine is marketed to women

  May 08 2019

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• A promising new era for Ram’s Gate Winery

  May 02 2019

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• Ungrafted wants you to drink fancy wine in a very casual setting in Dogpatch

  May 01 2019

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• Turns out beer is good for you?

  April 25 2019

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• Meet Decant SF, a new one-stop wine destination in SoMA

  April 23 2019

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• The mezcalifornia movement: Our first commercial agave spirit is on its way

  April 22 2019

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• The newest trend in athletic recovery? Drinking beer

  April 22 2019

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• A road trip to California's two most remote winery icons

  April 18 2019

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• When California wineries change hands, it matters

  April 11 2019

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• A new owner and a new era for Grace Family Vineyards, Napa Valley’s original cult Cabernet

  April 09 2019

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• Hayes Valley’s beloved Arlequin Cafe has closed

  April 08 2019

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• What Gallo’s $1.7 billion buyout of Constellation’s bargain-priced wines really means

  April 04 2019

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• Tartine’s Vinny Eng was just named sommelier of the year. Why he’s leaving it all, for a new start in politics

  April 01 2019

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• What if the To Kalon Vineyard became a California AVA?

  March 28 2019

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• Dirty & Rowdy’s Unfamiliar Mourvedre is a wine that reflects a family’s tragedy — and attempts to heal it

  March 26 2019

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• New To Kalon lawsuit asks familiar question: Is this Napa Valley vineyard too important to be trademarked?

  March 22 2019

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• The California-Beaujolais wine connection

  March 21 2019

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• A lighter shade of pale: California’s new crop of bright, juicy, translucent red wines

  March 21 2019

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• Tasting notes: California’s translucent red wines

  March 21 2019

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• Why are there suddenly so many natural wine bars specializing in tinned fish?

  March 19 2019

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• Not your grandma’s Auction Napa Valley: Ayesha Curry and Katy Perry to headline this year’s extravagant charity wine event

  March 18 2019

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• The world’s oldest planting of Cinsault is in ... Lodi

  March 15 2019

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• The uniquely ethereal Cinsaults of Lodi’s Bechthold Vineyard

  March 15 2019

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• It’s snowing in California vineyards, and winemakers are loving it

  March 14 2019

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• With no flood insurance, wineries and restaurants in Sebastopol’s Barlow struggle to pay bills

  March 09 2019

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• When you’re farming a biodynamic vineyard all by yourself

  March 07 2019

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• Oakland’s Bay Grape team to open Mama, a grandma-inspired red sauce joint

  March 06 2019

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• Is Louisa Smith S.F.’s most radical restaurant wine director?

  March 05 2019

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• Napa vintner and philanthropist John Shafer dies at 94

  March 04 2019

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• Why old bars matter in San Francisco

  February 28 2019

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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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