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Better hurry if you were planning to drop by Amador County Wine Cellar (14207 Hwy 49, Amador City) for a tasting. more ...

It's a warm but not scorching August afternoon in the Amador County hills. Beth and Ira Rosenthal are working in a vineyard – their vineyard – slowly walking along the tempranillo vines that sweep up the steepest ridge on their property. more ...

Bill Easton isn't coasting. Though he's been making wine in Amador County's Shenandoah Valley for a quarter of a century, he's neither jaded nor even tired. more ...

A descendant of an historic and influential California winemaking family quietly put down roots in Amador County over the past few years. more ...

As I flipped through the judging sheets for our panel at the outset of the Amador County Fair commercial wine competition this spring, I was delighted to find that we'd been assigned "Class 23, Red Rhone Blends." more ...

Of their 20 acres 2,500 feet up in the Sierra foothills in El Dorado County, Jonathan Lachs and Susan Marks tend 15 in wine grapes. Their biggest single plot is 6 acres of zinfandel. more ...

Tom Dillian is a twin. He's also a longtime Amador County grape grower, going on 40 years. more ...

The person pouring the wines in the Shenandoah Valley tasting room of Karly Wines must have detected skepticism in the tone of our voices or the look on our faces. more ...

"Field blend" is shorthand for a wine made with several grape varieties planted, harvested and fermented together. more ...

Nearly three years have elapsed since Sacramento grocer Darrell Corti ignited a verbal firestorm in the wine trade by announcing that his store, Corti Brothers, no longer would stock any table wine with more than 14.5 percent alcohol. more ...