George Yatchisin
George Yatchisin writes about food, wine and cocktails from Santa Barbara, where he lives with his amazing wife, dogs and one very old chicken.
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It seems a series of teams of Whole Foods wine buyers show up at the winery, and each makes a blend. Then the vote to pick the one they think is most successful.
Not just flowers but festivals bloom in spring -- it's a prime time for wine regions to pull out all the corks, as it were. Here's how to make the most of the bacchanals.
Garagistes make fabulous wine right here in California, and if you want to learn more about these micro-producers, you should check out The Garagiste Festival later this month.
It's already outdoor eating season -- here are some inexpensive white-wine options for one of SoCal's favorite summer meals.
Small producing winemakers are often labeled garagistes, and it turns out Fischer actually did make his first wines, a mere 10 cases, in 1995 in his garage.
It was pouring in Santa Barbara, and I don't just mean the welcome rain: on February 28 and March 1 over 200 pinot noir producers took part in grand tastings at the World of Pinot Noir.
Wine nerds have a lot to contemplate: how robust should pinot noir really be?
While pinot noir and film noir rarely meet -- the later is all about whiskey, neat, of course -- pinot and film certainly do. They definitely will at the Hollywood & the Vine Seminar on Saturday, March 1.
The former bank consultant is one of the most sought-after wine photographers now.
Don't panic when it comes time to order wine. We have some tips for you.
A wine shortage? Higher prices? Weaker vines? KCET Food wine writer George Yatchisin talks to winemakers in Santa Barbara County about this year's water shortage.