Raymond Vineyards and the Boisset Spirit

I became familiar with Boisset and the Boisset Collections when I did a grand tasting at Raymond Vineyards six years ago. When I returned in 2014, not only had the interior been updated but the grounds in front of the winery had been converted into a grape growing...

JCB Tasting Salon: Boisset Collection

Jean-Charles Boisset is one of the most impressive men working in the wine industry. His enthusiasm, passion and marketing knowledge of wine is already legendary. So when we heard he had opened an exclusive tasting room south of Raymond in Yountville, we had to check...

Movie review: Sour Grapes (2016)

This documentary is about the fine and rare wine auction market and centers around a counterfeiter who befriended the rich and powerful and sold millions of dollars of fraudulent wine through top auction houses. Indonesian Rudy Kurniawan, ‘wonder boy of the fine wine...