Napa Valley residents are used to seeing wooden wine barrels: in wine caves, stacked outside warehouses and even cut in half and filled with flowers on neighborhood lawns. Barrels are everywhere in ...

With the heat turned up here in the high country, I got to thinking about the chilly wine caves and barrel rooms I have had the opportunity to explore over the years. The cool, dry 55° air, the ...

ST. HELENA — The spirit of the Old World’s vintners is alive in the Napa Valley, as a master barrel artist brings decades of experience from Bordeaux to a local French luxury winemaker. Alban Trouvé ...