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W. Blake Gray is author of “California Winetopia,” a Japanese-language guide to California wines. He was previously a staff wine writer/editor for the San Francisco...
Liz Willette got bitten by the wine bug while living in Beaune, France. At the time she was working for Butterfield & Robinson, a high-end active travel company...
Richard Leahy has been writing about wine for consumers and producers since 1986. He was a regional editor for Kevin Zraly’s American Wine Guide, and was...
Ashton Keefe is the Owner/Executive Chef of Ashton Keefe LLC. Culinary Lifestyle Services, which specializes in boutique catering, food styling and culinary...
Sondra Barrett, PhD fell in love with food early on when she starting reading cook books as a young girl. She hasn’t stopped since. She earned a PhD in biochemistry...
Jon Thorsen is the founder of the popular blog The Reverse Wine Snob: Thumbing My Nose At Bottles Over $20!. The idea behind the blog...
Kay Zink the founding president of www.AtoZinfandel.com and serves on the company’s national board as the Director of Social Media and writer. She is also...
Author Archives: W. Blake Gray
About W. Blake Gray
W. Blake Gray is author of “California Winetopia,” a Japanese-language guide to California wines. He was previously a staff wine writer/editor for the San Francisco Chronicle, and has contributed articles on wine, spirits and sake to The Los Angeles Times, Food & Wine, Wine & Spirits, and many other magazines. Gray is currently Chairman of the Electoral College of the Vintners Hall of Fame. He is also a columnist for Palate Press and Wine Review Online and blogs at the The Gray Report. Follow him on Twitter @wblakegray.
How to Get Your Wine Noticed By Reviewers
I could divide the world of wine into 17 groups, or 167, but for the purpose of telling you how to get wine writers’ attention, I’m going to narrow it to two. Group 1: You make wine that will retail … Continue reading
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5 Restaurants You Shouldn’t Miss in Sonoma County
I love eating in Sonoma County. Unlike neighboring Napa County, which grows wine grapes and little else, Sonoma County is some of America’s best farm country for vegetables and meat, and there’s plenty of fresh fish because it abuts the … Continue reading
The Art of Decanting: How to Decant and Why
Decanting takes 10 seconds, requires only a large, clean glass container, and can make your wine taste better. Yet most people don’t decant often enough, and when they do, they decant the wrong wines for the wrong reasons. For example, … Continue reading
