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"A thing of beauty is a joy forever." English poet John Yeats was musing on romantic love, but it could have been an ode to the wine called pinot noir. more ...

A prevailing myth on the California wine scene is that you need to pay at least $25 per bottle to savor a pinot noir of character and charm. The inspiration for that view likely is the equally persistent perception that exquisite pinot noir can be made only in small and scarce batches by artisan vintners. more ...

Spring. Too early to haul from the recesses of the closet the white pants and the white shoes, but not too early to start stocking the refrigerator with bottles of pink wine. more ...

Like Robert De Niro playing another mob wiseguy or quirky parent, or Jennifer Aniston in yet another romantic comedy, it's time for Champagne and sparkling wine to shed its typecasting. more ...

Like a lot of other winemakers in Napa Valley, Stacy Clark belongs to a tasting group that convenes every month or so to evaluate their wines and to swap information about grape sources, fermentation techniques and so on. more ...

Pinot noir is heading for superstar status. Starting almost from nothing 15 years ago, it now is the third-most-popular red wine in America, after cabernet sauvignon and merlot, according to the Demeter Group, industry consultants. more ...

Welcome to the epicenter of the Western Hemisphere's wine industry, also known as the 2012 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium. more ...

The 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition wrapped up earlier this month, with judges considering 5,500 entries – a record for a U.S. wine competition. With all the votes tallied, a number of Sacramento-region wineries scored some key medals. more ...

Two area wineries are greeting 2012 with especially coveted news: They've made the cut for the third annual WSJwine Annual Dozen. Also known as the Wall Street Journal's wine club, which touts more than 100,000 active customers, the Annual Dozen selects best-of-the-year wines in two categories and offers them for sale. more ...

After a second year of unseasonably cool temperatures, the grape tonnage has been tallied and the results are ready. According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 3.3 million tons of wine grapes were harvested in the 2011 growing season, a 9 percent drop from the previous year. more ...