Sauvignon Blanc

No matter the occasion, one of these bottles is guaranteed to wow.

From seafood salad to ribs, we have a great bottle for your next picnic.

The once simple-seeming white is getting all dressed up, with price tags linked to pedigree.

With grapes from Napa’s diverse microclimates, this vintage is greater than the sum of its parts…

Leslie Rudd’s quest for quality is steadfast. His roles as owner of Standard Beverage Corp., chairman of Dean and DeLuca, and owner of Rudd Oakville Estate in Napa Valley have attuned his eye to identifying excellence in all things. His rocky, red-soiled acreage at the foot of the Vaca Mountains in Oakville, for instance, is […]

Since 1997, when Merry Edwards cofounded Merry Edwards Wines, she has focused her talents on perfecting that most persnickety of varietals, Pinot Noir. She has produced superb Sonoma Coast and Russian River Valley blends, as well as prodigious single-vineyard expressions from Olivet Lane, Meredith, Georganne, Klopp Ranch, and Coopersmith Vineyard; her state-of-the-art winery at Coopersmith […]

Kenzo Tsujimoto, the chairman and CEO of video-gaming giant Capcom Inc., decided 20 years ago to provide himself with a very different form of entertainment from that which fans of Resident Evil and Street Fighter enjoy. The executive, whose company has offices in San Francisco, was an admirer of Napa Valley’s top producers, and he […]

A long and storied history can imbue an estate with a certain appeal that the imagination of the wine drinker attributes to the wine itself. There is a certain reverence and not a little awe that accompanies the consumption of a glass of Château Haut-Brion Blanc, for example. Yet certain recently established vineyard sites have […]

The Pouilly-Fumé of Baron Patrick de Ladoucette, a descendant of the Comte Lafond, is amongst the best in the Loire Valley. The broad profile of this steely white wine includes aromas of flint and lemon that enhance its palate of tropical fruit.