Josh Jensen, founder of Calera Winery in Hollister and owner-operator of one of the most unique vineyard sites in California, Mt. Harlan, died in his sleep at his home in San Francisco this week. He was 78. Jensen was a student at Oxford in the late sixties when, traveling in France on a post-graduate fellowship,
Wine wisdom suggests Aligote is boring. But this refreshing $18 California version is anything but
In the latest Wine of the Week, critic Esther Mobley recommends winemaker Jim Clendenen s delicious Aligote
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When people talk about white wines from Burgundy, it’s assumed that they’re talking about Chardonnay, the French region’s signature white grape variety. But there’s a second, lesser-known and lesser-grown white grape in Burgundy, called Aligote. It may be the wine world’s most beautiful afterthought.