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James Beard Awards: Chefs Nancy Oakes, Michael Tusk, Michael Mina among San Francisco semi-finalists

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.17.2016

James Beard Award semi-finalists were announced this morning, and, once again, San Francisco is well represented. Usual suspects include Nancy Oakes (Boulevard) and Michael Tusk (Quince)…

Millennial Wine Report - 2016 Wine Market Council

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Millennials drinking more wine than expected

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.16.2016

Yes, they’ve done it. According to a new report, Millennials last year managed to out-drink every other age group — at least, when it comes to…

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Taste of Yountville

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.08.2016

For first time, Taste of Yountville schedules street festival to coincide with music event.

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Pebble Beach Food & Wine: Are you ready? (Video)

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.04.2016

PBFW returns once again. This is going to be good. Next month, chefs, foodies, and fans of all things West Coast will sojourn to sunny California…

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Trendspotting: Wine consumption to decline after decades of growth (Report)

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.21.2016

Silicon Valley Bank predicts per capita wine consumption will fall in 2016 in part due to Millennials who often chose craft spirits or beer over…

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Trendspotting: “Best Wine” top Google search term in wine category

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.13.2016

Forget about skunk juice. When it comes to wine, consumers only want to know about the best.

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Wine Marketing in Action: Picasso vs. the Elixir of the Gods

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.08.2016

In one corner: Picasso. In the other: wine impresario Jean-Charles Boisset. A wine marketing cage match is born. Most sales collateral is repetitive, non-imaginative, and…

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San Francisco Eats: Restaurant Week menus revealed

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.07.2016

Your lunch and dinner plans just got a whole lot easier, at least for the week starting January 20th. That’s when about 130 restaurants across…

News

Wanderlust: 7 Irrefutable reasons to escape to Pueblo Bonito Golf & Spa Resorts

BY JANICE NIEDER — 01.05.2016

The holidays are officially over and if all that remains is empty cookie tins, a pile of unwanted gifts to return and Christmas tree road…

Culture

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florence + The Machine to headline BottleRock 2016

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.05.2016

Napa Valley’s massive music festival once again returns in 2016. BottleRock organizers have announced that the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, and Florence+The Machine…