A focus on place . California currently has 115 American Viticultural Areas, the U.S. version of wine appellations. These allow vintners to mark their wines with a specific place name, like Napa ...

The California wine region whose appellation got an upgrade. August 22, 2015. Steep hillsides at Halter Ranch’s vineyard are one of the terrain features found in Paso Robles.

Michael Michaud, winemaker in the appellation for decades (25 years with his brand Michaud Vineyard Winery, and 19 vintages with Chalone Vineyard Winery), remembers when winemakers from Burgundy ...

It's also arguably California's coolest new Pinot Noir appellation—literally and figuratively. Fifteen years ago, the Russian River Valley was the ne plus ultra of Pinot appellations.

Mike Lucia owns an entire Northern California wine appellation. The owner of Rootdown Wine Cellars recently bought the 150-acre Cole Ranch Appellation for $2.7 million. The unique parcel of land ...

An entire wine appellation is for sale in Ukiah, California, for $3.3 million. The 150-acre Cole Ranch Appellation has 55 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon (26.5 acres), Pinot Noir (10.2 acres), Merlot ...

Do California vintners have their own case of March Madness? In Santa Barbara, vintners in the Happy Canyon area are finalizing a petition to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) in ...

One of the abiding mysteries of California wine is why more people don't know about—and therefore love—the Santa Cruz Mountains wine region. Yet right now it's producing some of the state's ...