Sometime in the early 1990s, John and Tracey Skupny encountered a problem. The young couple were working their way up in the Napa Valley wine trade and were amassing an impressive collection of ...

With a winemaking history stretching back to 1839, Napa Valley has been heralded as the source of some of the world’s best Cabernet Sauvignon since 1976, when Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 Cabernet ...

There’s no denying the weather is getting cooler, and the days are getting shorter, so we’re looking to heartier red wines to enjoy on long autumn and winter nights. Nothing warms your heart more than ...

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is changing, and that’s a very good thing. After a misjudged fixation on big, high alcohol, over-oaked wines in the 2000’s – some winemakers were even aging their wines ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. As the glow from the sun lit up the vine leaves with a heavenly ...

When it comes to famous Bordeaux varieties—whether they’re grown in their native Bordeaux or in other parts of the wine world—Cabernet Sauvignon tends to suck all of the oxygen out of the room. It’s ...

Napa Cabernet is typically our biggest and most pivotal tasting of the year. Our panel considered some 60 wines from the 2009 vintage in a range of prices. We found wines that exemplified the power of ...

Warren Winiarski, whose 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon turned the wine world upside down by winning the famous ”Judgment of Paris” tasting in 1976, died June 7 at the age of 95. He ...

Some of these wines have been the victims of stereotypes – “all California chardonnays are oaky and buttery”, for example.