eRobertParker, Executive Wine Seminar Blind Tasting, April 10, 2007 Some EWS tastings are not meant to be taken too seriously. This was one of them. California Chardonnay vs. White Burgundy was conceived to be pure hedonistic fun, a fair, competitive blind tasting pitting the best French and American Chardonnays against each other. The EWS team selected seven potentially wonderful Chardonnay-based wines from each region for a head-to-head blind tasting competition to make a Chardonnay lover salivate. More... Forbes.Com Lifestyle Feature Fifty years ago, France dominated the wine world. Fifty years ago California's Napa Valley was a sleepy agricultural community, as was Oregon's rain-soaked Willamette Valley. Fifty years ago, American wines were the beverage of choice for hobos and alcoholics, not wine connoisseurs. Who are the most influential winemakers in the U.S. today? Forbes.com has found out. More... eRobertParker, Executive Wine Seminar Blind Tasting, June 21, 2005 Special mention must be made of our clear-cut winner, 2002 Ramey "Ritchie Vineyard." This was simply a stunningly delicious Chardonnay, as good as it gets. We continue to be amazed that David Ramey’s Chardonnays are not only widely available, but also sanely priced. The 2002 Ritchie Vineyard was the best among many awesome Ramey Chardonnays that we’ve tasted in recent years. More... Food & Wine The American Grand Cru Debate 10 Grand Cru California Winemakers These winemakers are so great they deserve to be designated grand cru. More... Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts honors David Ramey of Ramey Wine Cellars. Sixth annual wine auction includes star line-up of winemakers and guest chefs. More... Food & Wine American Wine Awards F&W's ninth annual American Wine Awards celebrates some of the most remarkable wineries and wine professionals in the United States. Among those selected this year by our panel of 41 distinguished judges are a five-year-old Napa winery already producing cult Syrahs and an importer who continues to discover many of Austria's and Germany's most dazzling wines. You'll also find our picks for the most outstanding American wines, ranging in price from $11 to $175 a bottle. More... Connoisseur's Guide Article What a year we have been through. We began with wine prices beginning to crack (good) and fears that wineries were going to go out of business (bad).We have ended the year with a few wine prices coming down and with wineries adjusting their blends to put better wine in less expensive bottles (good), but we have seen wineries like DeLoach simply die on the vine and get sold at bankruptcy auction (sad). There are a handful of other wineries in the midst of reorganization (not so good) and probably others hoping that the other shoe does not fall on them (wishful). More...