The wine world in California — and Sonoma County in particular — is a close-knit community. It tends to be a bit like pulling on the thread of a sweater. The more you tug on one connection, the more ...

Kenwood's Blackstone Winery is the producer of the best-selling domestic merlot in America, and as such, keenly curious about the current and evolving tastes of the average wine consumer. But they had ...

A sip of poetry: Bottled Poetry comes to the gardens of Blackstone Winery (8450 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood) on Sunday. The afternoon event begins at 4 p.m., with jazz by Michael Stocker and a display of ...