Frances Dinkelspiel
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Berkeley, CA, United States
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Past articles by Frances:
Does Napa Valley Need Saving?
We chatted with author James Conaway about his new book and his polarizing views on America’s famous wine region. → Read More
Thanksgiving in Wildfire Country: ‘We Don’t Know What We Are Going to Do’
Residents of the wildfire-ravaged community come together to celebrate the holiday. → Read More
Ted Hall’s Fight to Save His Napa Winery From Wildfires
The winemaker lost nearly everything in a fire years ago and fought tooth and nail not to let it happen again. → Read More
How Fire Has Shaped California’s Wine Industry
The wildfires in Napa and Sonoma are only the most recent fires to hurt the state’s wineries. → Read More
How Fire Has Shaped California’s Wine Industry
For 10 long days Jeff Morgan did not know the fate of one of his vineyards in Sonoma County. Morgan, the co-owner of Covenant Wines in Berkeley, had spent part of Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Kenwood-area vineyard, preparing to bring his crew in the next day to pick the Petit Verdot grapes still hanging on the vines. That never happened, as multiple fires ravaged Sonoma and Napa, killing at least 23… → Read More
Searching for My Stepbrother in the Wildfires
Our resident wine expert tries to find her stepbrother in the middle of the California fires. → Read More
The Ultimate Wine Con Job
Author Peter Hellman studied how wine forger Rudy Kurniawan fooled experts and collectors to the tune of $25 million. → Read More
Unearthing California’s Pre-Prohibition Wine Roots
Next time you’re in Napa, Sonoma, and the Bay Area, visit these important historic sites and wineries. → Read More
A Little American Civil War in Berkeley
In the city where the Free Speech Movement was launched, citizens took to the streets to beat each other as the police mostly watched. → Read More
Is Holy Wine Going High End?
From banal to boutique, a look at the evolving altar wine business. → Read More
Top California Winery Killed by Prohibition Is Reborn
Kohler & Frohling, which was arguably America’s most famous winery before Prohibition, is once again available. → Read More
Top California Winery Killed by Prohibition Is Reborn
Kohler & Frohling, which was arguably America’s most famous winery before Prohibition, is once again available. → Read More
Canned Wine is the Drink of Summer 2017
Sales of canned wine have been increasing over the last few years and the category is poised to go mainstream. → Read More
California’s Wine Industry was Built on Slave Labor
During the 1850s gold rush, vineyard owners used an army of enslaved Native American workers. → Read More
For Sale: The Real Treasures of a Great Wine Counterfeiter
The infamous Rudy Kurniawan is serving a ten-year jail sentence for fraud, after mixing wines together to produce expensive counterfeits. Now, his best authentic wines are being auctioned off. → Read More
The Tale Of One Of The Largest Cases Of Wine Fraud In American History
The epic story of one of the worst cases of wine fraud ever committed and it all surrounded White Zinfandel. → Read More