Category Archives: Wine Experts

Wine Makers, Sommeliers

Empordalia Wine Cooperative of L’Alt Emporda, Spain

he northeast corner of Catalonia, known as L’Alt Emporda (or “high Emporda”) is nestled below the Pyrenees and looks out over the Mediterranean, bumping up against the French border… mong the small villages of this area that mom-and-pop vineyards are still tended by the people that live on the land, and small producers proudly continue the traditions of grape-to-glass without the mechanics, technology or marketing afforded by actual wine companies…

Drago: For the Seriously Thirsty

How often have you been at a restaurant and had great food and decent wine but been disappointed by their cocktail list? Or, had a great cocktail in a place where the food is an afterthought or the wines-by-the-glass feels like a begrudged obligation? Michael Shearin, the Beverage Diretor at Drago Centro in downtown Los…

The Power of Pink: Eileen Crane, Winemaker, and her Domaine Carneros Rosé

Eileen Crane sits in calm repose as waiters fuss about, lining up champagne flutes and wine buckets, already dripping with icy condensation. A daytime soap star at the next table curiously glances over. “Madame Pompadour introduced champagne to the court at Versailles,” says Crane, confidentially, “She said it is the only wine a woman can drink and remain beautiful.”