California dreaming

Henry Jeffreys recommends an affordable Golden State wine

MY WIFE AND I SPENT OUR honeymoon in California wine country. In December 2009 we got married at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood then drove up the Pacific Coast Highway through Santa Barbara, Paso Robles and up to Napa and Sonoma. At one point we thought we were lost until we found ourselves driving across the Golden Gate Bridge. We approached our wine tasting in a similarly whimsical way. This was before I had begun to write on the subject professionally so we would often find ourselves in a tasting room in St. Helena, Napa’s main town, swilling plush expensive cabernets that all tasted the same. We did find some wines we liked such as Tablas Creek, Château de Beaucastel’s outpost in Paso Robles, or Unti in Sonoma. But…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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