Life is Cabernet

Rosa Lee deLeuze was holding court. She and her son, Brett, were at the recent Yosemite Vintners’ Holidays seminar in Yosemite National Park relating how their family got into the wine business.

Don Galleano was having a heck of a time with his new cellphone. Don is old school and new technology confounds him. His new phone, complete with all the bells and whistles his son Dominic suggested he needed, was ringing, and Don couldn’t figure out how to answer it. Finally, in frustration, he yelled, “Dominic! How the hell do you answer this damn thing?”

Walk into their winery and feel the harmony: Larry gregariously chatting up customers, April quietly tending to business, their kids playing. More often than not, they’ll have a movie or a baseball game playing on the “big screen” on their north wall that hangs from the ceiling.

Among French wines, only Bordeaux wines are classified, a monumental effort accomplished in 1855, and maintained to this day. Bordeaux, of course, is subdivided into various sub-appellations: Margaux, Pauillac, St. Estephe, Medoc, St. Emilion, and Pomerol among them. Only five Bordeaux wines are classified “First Growth,” the top tier, and these wines command huge prices...

The man behind this coastal winery is producing some delicious blends while showing his love for Bakersfield.

Wine guru Mike Stepanovich was wowed by the wines at Corison—where you'll taste flavors from another era.

Who would have thought that great wines could come from an orange grove? Well, this couple has proven it can be done.

What do you get when you own a winery at the intersection of four different counties? You get award-winning wines, that's what.

Discover three wineries that are living on the edge while producing some of the best wine California has to offer!

The mountains of Tehachapi have done nothing to damper the spirits (and the attitude) produced by this local vineyard! Just how did this couple weather the storm to produce some award winning wines?