TASTE News Service, October 8, 2019 -- Ficklin Vineyards, America's oldest Port winery established in 1946, recently received a request from the US Embassy in London for their award-winning Port to serve at upcoming Embassy dinners.

TASTE News Service, July 3, 2019 — Wine Institute's California Wine Country Back Roads series takes a look this month at the Inland Valleys, formed by the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, and also explores the Far North of the state.

TASTE News Service, March 26, 2019 - Vintners in Madera County are celebrating Down To Earth Month in California, highlighting the Golden State’s commitment to sustainable winegrowing.

Lateral 3

Dust Bowl Brewing Co.

Turlock, CA

Style: IPA

Alcohol: 8.5%

IBUs: 50

Serving Style: 16-0zz. Cans and draft

Availability: Central and Northern California dist. Third in a series of hazy IPA variations

By Dan Clarke

Rosé has been the wine world’s hot category for the last couple of years. Industry sources say that Millennials are driving this surge in consumption.

A Randy Caparoso Conversation with Mike McCay

In our second interview conducted this past January during the Grand Tasting/Zinfandel Experience put on by Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (a.k.a. ZAP) in San Francisco, we sat down with Michael McCay, owner/grower/winemaker of Lodi’s McCay Cellars.

By Steven Tincher

January 3, 2017 – It’s winter in the Sacramento valley. The sky is gray and much of the land is brown, especially as there has been little rain.

By Randy Caparoso

6:30 AM, this past Tuesday, August 22 in Lodi’s Alta Mesa appellation: Ron Silva’s harvest crew had already filled three half-ton macro-bins of just-picked Silvaspoons Vineyards Verdelho – green tinted golden, oval shaped orbs of tropical fruit sensations, zapped with palate slaking, lemon-lime acidity.

TASTE News Service, July 18, 2017 - In the 1950's and 60's Bakersfield became an unlikely birthplace for a new sound – The Bakersfield Sound.

NV Merlot (non vintage)

Corbett Canyon

America

Alcohol: 12.5%

Suggested Retail: $10?