Friday June 18, 2010 Updated 10:23 PM PDT
Formidable wine duo Andy Erickson and Annie Favia have brought fame to a lot of clients, but now they having their own fun with Favia wines.
Wine Country's biggest annual charity event celebrated its 30th anniversary over the weekend, and a series of changes significantly lightened the tone.
In a stately stretch of Carneros, just east of the town of Sonoma, one of California's oldest vineyards is becoming one of its newest.
Part of the Wine Country experience is being able to go to a winery, visit the tasting room and see the vineyard. These are our top picks.
This year's crop of the best Bay Area bartenders create innovative cocktails and shine behind the bar.
Restaurants are tapping into a new way to serve wine, pumping it from refillable kegs. It's eco-friendly and economical.
It's the classic pairing mantra: red with beef, white with chicken or fish. But what if the winemaker is a vegetarian?
Fritz Maytag's company that helped start microbrewing movement is sold to a pair of Bay Area entrepreneurs.
Broadly popular at home, Japanese whiskey has earned critical accolades in recent years as it has expanded into Western markets.
Wine on tap is taking flight in Bay Area restaurants and bars as a greener, fresher and cheaper alternative to bottled wines served by the glass.
From measuring ingredients to making a citrus twist, Gary Regan tells you everything you need to know to be a master bartender.
Jon Bonne/The Chronicle Granted, it could be because he's unveiling an agave-focused booze list at Nopalito ...
Bartenders find complexity in French aperitif wines known as quinquinas and their Italian counterparts, chinati.
This 48-seat wine-focused bistro in the Mission District is the brainchild of Matt Straus, former wine director at Wilshire and Grace, both in Los Angeles.
Six years after a massive expansion at its Quail Hill Vineyard estate, Lynmar remains one of Sebastopol's sparkliest wineries.
If you are looking for something to pour with this summer's barbecue, you won't be far off the mark with this wine.
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