Legendary winemaker Agustin Huneeus started Estancia Estates at the old Paul Masson winery near Soledad, California, in 1986 with the idea of producing top quality wines at reasonable prices. And ...

A fresh, lemon-apple aroma greets you before a buttery taste crosses your palate. Slight oak lingers in the finish wonderfully – more like it dances, rather than stomps, on your taste buds. And the ...

Last week we were down in Northern California for a wedding (Congratulations again, Rob) and as always, we were checking out a few retail wines at a local grocery store. I was amazed at the selection ...

This white grape takes its name from a village in the Mâconnais region of Burgundy in France. It remains widely grown there today, but the variety became so popular in the 1970s that for a time it ...

This white grape takes its name from a village in the Mâconnais region of Burgundy in France. It remains widely grown there today, but the variety became so popular in the 1970s that for a time it ...

The 2012 Estancia Chardonnay (Monterey County, $10), is a nice, reliable choice for an everyday wine sold in most supermarkets. This one is lightly oaked. It has apple, pear, butterscotch and vanilla ...

Monterey County is a peninsula in California where the cooler waters of Monterey Bay provide a distinct climate called The Thermal Rainbow, with midday heat tempered by morning and late-afternoon fog.