From my “Punchdown” column in Somm Journal: Meet Isola delle Falcole.

Winemaker Jesse Katz on the importance of Sonoma County to California wine and food culture.

At Cascina Baricchi in Barbaresco, food and incredible wine bring people together.

A few years ago, I spent a full day at Chalone. I met Richard Boer, who, at the time, had managed Chalone’s vines for three