Topic: Abe Schoener

Renegade Vintner

Last summer, inside a corrugated-metal barn east of Napa, California, an aspiring young French vintner on a two-week research tour put an unwashed, streaked glass to his lips. The man who made this wine, Abe Schoener, used to teach college students ancient ...

Ten Independence Day Wines

For the past several years, it seems, California winemakers have led the charge for bigger, richer, oakier, smoother chardonnays. To find other wines made by independent, family producers who are challenging convention and standard practices, we turned to Tyler Colman PhD, a ...