 Thom Elkjer has written about wine and wine country for more than a decade, including feature contributions to Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Country Living, VINE Napa Valley, and WINE International in addition to numerous other publications. He judges for major international wine competitions in the U.S., and his frequent travels have taken him to more than a dozen other wine-producing nations in the northern and southern hemispheres. Elkjer is also founder and host of BD Forum: Biodynamics in American Wine, an annual event dedicated to advancing sustainably superb viticulture in the U.S..
A career author, Elkjer’s latest book is “Beautiful Wineries” (Ten Speed), designed by Jennifer Barry and featuring the work of photographer Charles O’Rear. Previous titles include “True to Our Roots” (Bloomberg Media), “Escape to the Wine Country” (Fodor’s) and “Adventures in Wine” (Travelers Tales). He has also published numerous travel essays, book reviews and an award-winning novel, “Hook, Line and Murder.” He lives with his wife, fine art painter Antoinette von Grone, among the vineyards of Anderson Valley in Northern California.
Contributions
Wine Blog • Wine Recommendations
Grape
Varieties and Varietal Wine • Winemakers and Winemaking
Information and commentary about
wine, wine tasting, wineries and the business of making wine
Wine Recommendations
> A
Virtual Visit to… Gundlach Bundschu - Sonoma
4/06
> Patz & Hall
Open A Tasting Space - At Last - Napa Valley 4/06
> A
Virtual Visit to Imagery Estate Winery - Sonoma 3/06
> Virtual
Tasting Room - Easton/Terre Rouge - Gold Country, 1/06
>
Virtual
Tasting Room - Draper & Esquin - Monterey, 1/06
>
Virtual
Tasting Room - Vino Con Brio - Lodi, 1/06
> Virtual
Tasting Room - Parducci - Mendocino, 1/06
>
Virtual
Tasting Room - Peachy Canyon - SLO, 1/06
>
Virtual
Tasting Room - South Coast Winery - Temecula, 1/06
> Tasting
Notes: Mt. Veeder Cabernet Recommendations - Napa,
11/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Sunstone Vineyards & Winery - Santa
Barbara, 10/05
>
Virtual
Tasting Room — La Crema Winery - Russian River, 10/05
>
Tasting
Notes - Oregon’s Vintage Variations on Choice Chardonnay -
10/05
>
Tasting
Notes: A Taste for Brut Wines - 8/05
> A
Better Blanc: Great Whites That Are Good
for the Earth -
California, 8/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Louis M. Martini - St.
Helena, 8/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Frog's Leap - Napa,
8/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Clos Pegase - Napa,
8/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Bonny Doon - Santa
Cruz, 8/05
> Tasting
Notes: A Taste for Brut Wines -
8/05
> A
Better Blanc: Great Whites That
Are Good for the Earth -
California, 8/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Louis M. Martini -
St. Helena, 8/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Frog's Leap -
Napa, 8/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Clos Pegase -
Napa, 8/05
> Virtual
Tasting Room — Bonny Doon -
Santa Cruz, 8/05
> Wine
Picks: Chardonnay -
California, 3/05
> Wine
Picks: Merlot -
California, 3/05
> Wine
Picks - Pinot Noir -
1/05
> Wine
Picks : Viognier -
1/05
> Wine
Picks - Sparkling -
California, 11/04
> Wine
Cellar Picks
- Syrah -
9/04
Grape Varieties and Varietal Wine
> Pinot
Noir's Split Personality - Mendocino, 1/06
> Pinots
from Heaven:Tasting in the Santa Rita Hills - Santa Barbara,
1/06
> Why
Cab is King - 12/05
>
Tasting
Notes: Dessert Recommendations - 12/05
> Sweet
and Local — American Dessert Wines Are Coming of Age -
California, 12/05
> Every
Year’s A Good Year - Oregon, 10/05
> Nearly
Native Son—Zinfandel is as American as Fine Wine
Can Get -
California, 9/05
> Syrah
Shows That Change Is Intrinsic to American Wine -
8/05
> Merlot
Makes it Big - California, 3/05
> Pick
Your Passion - Chardonnay - 3/05
> Pinot
On Point - 1/05
> Sparklers
Made Simple - 11/04
> Syrah-Rah-Rah -
9/04
> Wine
Varietal : Sauvignon Blanc - 7/04
Winemakers and Winemaking
>
Bubbling Up
- Sonoma, 8/05
> The
Not So Little Prince - Petite Sirah - 5/05
> Average
Farm Girl? Not! - Napa, 3/05
> Winemaker:
Ed Killian - Sonoma, 3/05
> Down
the Garden Path - California, 7/04
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