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THE ORIGINS OF WINE CIVILIZATION: An Exploration of Ancient Wines and Their Evolution
On Sunday, March 13th from 10am to 5:30pm, San Francisco Wine School opened the doors of its new Wine Education Center for the first of its kind event exploring these ancient wines and their modern...
For Immediate Release: San Francisco Wine School Grand Opening!
For Immediate Release: San Francisco Wine School Grand Opening! San Francisco, California (Oct. 14, 2015) Since 2011, San Francisco Wine School has been helping people of all levels break into the...
Meet Hugh Johnson - Preeminent Wine Writer
No education in wine is complete, even founded well, without time spent learning from the writings of England’s Hugh Johnson. Like many before and since my first encounters with his work stemmed fr...
Steven Spurrier: Father of the Judgement of Paris Wine Competition
Steven Spurrier's international stature was assured in 1976 when he organized and led the legendary ‘Judgement of Paris’, blind tasting for French trade and media. California wines won the competi...
SAN FRANCISCO WINE SCHOOL ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAMS AND ITS 2016 SCHEDULE
San Francisco, California (Dec 11, 2015) With a successful Grand Opening under its belt, San Francisco Wine School is now the largest wine school in the United States. 2016 brings its biggest line...
Meet Javier Zaccagnini - Spanish Viticulturist
Upon leaving work auto-related businesses Javier Zaccagnini’s career has careened through some of the more savory developments in Spain, and mostly in Ribera del Duero. The Valladolid resident had ...
Despite being 60-90mins. by car or rail to/from Madrid, compared to most of Spain’s known quality wine regions the ‘Garnacha de Gredos’ area remains unknown to the US wine pro. Its establishment as...
San Francisco Wine School Opens Doors to Cutting-Edge Wine Education Center
With the opening of its new space San Francisco Wine School is now the largest wine school in the U.S. After months of careful planning and renovations, the 4,000 sq ft, top floor Wine Education Ce...
Student Spotlight: Alicia Cuadra-Cutler
Student Spotlight: Alicia Cuadra-Cutler Alicia Cuadra-Cutler began her love of wine in 2010 while living in Santa Cruz and tasting through the Santa Cruz Mountains. Soon after, she took a position...
Student Spotlight: Kamolnutt “Nu-Beer” Putthongvilai
Student Spotlight: Kamolnutt "Nu-Beer" Putthongvilai Nu-Beer is the restaurant manager at M.Y. China, a modern Chinese restaurant located at Westfield San Francisco Centre in the heart of downtown...
Meet Karl Storchmann - Wine Economist
Karl Storchmann came to my attention in 2005 when I received a notification through the Circle of Wine Writers when serving upon its executive committee that the New York City-based German and othe...
Meet Roger Aquilina - Malta's Renowned Oenologist
My first, and to date only, visit to Malta occurred this past February when I accepted an invitation from its NYC-based US tourism representative. As most of its produce is consumed in situ by its ...
Meet Greg Jones - Professor and Climatologist
Meet Professor Greg Jones, a research climatologist who specializes in the viticulture, focussing on how climate variation influences vine growth, wine production and wine quality. Read more about...
Meet Madeline Triffon - First American Female Master Sommelier
Madeline Triffon has traversed the eddies of being not only a female pioneer in the until recently male-dominated US wine business, but more so in being the first Master Sommelier of her gender. W...
MEET MONIKA CHRISTMANN - INSIDER INTERVIEWS BY DAVID FURER
Prof. Monika Christmann and I met in Chicago soon after she'd completed her time working on Simi Winery's winemaking team having begun as Department Head for both Oenology & Wine Technology and...
Meet Tom Stevenson - The Sparkling Wine Authority
If anyone on this website hasn't heard and read of Tom Stevenson then they've grossly misstepped. Worth noting is that after a trying time interviewing a previous subject via email I balked at doin...
Meet Richard Smart - The 'Flying Vine Doctor'
The ‘Flying Vine Doctor’ Richard Smart has been involved with worldwide viticulture since the mid 1960s dating to time spent at Roseworthy College in his native Australia where he once served as it...
Understanding Rioja is as easy as one, two, three. 1) There are three wine-growing regions—Rioja Alta, Alavesa, and Rioja Baja; three types of wine—white or “blanco,” rosé or “rosado,” and red or “...
Meet Willi Klinger - Wine Marketing Maestro
A life in theatre didn't prove daunting enough for the Viennese Willi Klinger, now the Managing Director of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board filling in his spare time moonlighting as a lecturer at...
Summer School Has Never Been More Fun
San Francisco, Calif. (May 28, 2015) San Francisco Wine School invites wine lovers to pump up their wine savvy this summer, with a series of relaxed and enjoyable wine tasting workshops that also i...
Naoussa Appellation, Macedonia, Greece
Greece is home to some of the world’s most interesting grape varieties, yet the wines they produce have never received much fanfare. Even visitors to the country may not venture beyond a simple loc...
Meet Beltrán Domecq y Williams - Insider Interviews by David Furer
Beltrán Domecq y Williams has had an illustrious career. His studies included time at UC-Davis with the illustrious Professor Maynard Amerine, training that later led to Domecq co-authoring with Ja...
France and the Wines of Bordeaux
France and the Wines of Bordeaux Winemakers around the globe look to France as the benchmark; Burgundy for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the Rhone Valley for Syrah, Bordeaux for Cabernet Sauvigno...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Patrick Spencer
After many years working in restaurant management, later some with a winery near his Oregon home, Patrick Spencer set his sights on a related niche which had at the time been the cause of much hand...