The Benziger wine family is no stranger to accolades: gold medals, blue ribbons, double gold medals and many important “bests.” The family can now add a platinum record to their awards wall. Grant ...

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 popular red grape originated in Burgundy but has spread across the New World. Like its white Burgundian counterpart Chardonnay, Pinot Noir is early-budding, early-ripening and thin-skinned. The ...

I drove through the quaint, historical Sonoma winemaking outpost of Glen Ellen, turning right at the Jack London Lodge, and wove on up the mountain road. My destination was the Benziger Family Estate, ...