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In my wine tasting office in a serene district of busy little Encinitas, I always have an eye or two open for an out-of-town winemaker who may be stopping at a wine bar to shake the flesh and pop a …

According to our friends at Wine Spectator, America is now the biggest wine market in the world and younger drinkers are the most important in where it goes. In 2012, 324 million cases were consumed by 100 million wine drinkers. …

The word is out at the most respected wineries in Napa and Sonoma.   They must collaborate with the wunderkind chef in San Diego, Kurt Metzger of Kitchen 4140.  It started with the recent cork-popping of the fabled Hall Wines …