We tend to think of U.C Davis in California, as well as Fresno State, as being the premier institutions of higher eduction when it comes to wine. And they really are. But they aren’t they only ones in the United States and it appears that another prestigious university is getting into the wine and grape game. Cornell University has announced they will begin a four-year undergraduate program that will confer a degree on viticulture and enology. Cornell will certainly serve…

Often times wine lovers visit a wine producing region and end up spending their entire visit driving from one tasting room to another. Nothing wrong with this. But it can be monotonous, particularly for those in the car that are not hard core wine lovers. It’s with this in mind that I offer a few alternatives to those who would visit my Sonoma Valley and who might want to look behind the wines and get a little closer to some…

Alan Goldfarb has an interesting column (as always) in the St. Helena Star, a Napa Valley newspaper. Alan is the wine business columnist. With John Roberts’ confirmation hearing for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court coming up, Goldfarb took it upon himself to call up Kenneth Star who worked for the pro-shipping contingent in the direct shipping case that was decided earlier this year. Goldfarb wanted to know how Starr thought Roberts would have ruled in the case. Starr is…