A place devoted to wines of character, quality and value, from the perspective, palate and pen of Mike Dunne.
This is my fiftieth year to write of wine, mostly California wine, and mostly wines from enclaves about the state capital, Sacramento, where my wife Martha and I have lived most of those 50 years. To mark that half century – and to give myself something to do during enforced isolation between 2020 and 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic – I wrote a book: “The Signature Wines of Superior California: 50 Wines that Define the Sierra Foothills, the Delta, Yolo and Lodi.” The book just has been released and initia
With “The Signature Wines of Superior California,” Mike Dunne corrects a common oversight concerning the state’s wine culture: It stretches far beyond Napa Valley. Of California’s many other wine regions, none is more overlooked than the area that surrounds Sacramento – the “Superior California” of the book’s title, namely the Sierra Nevada foothills, the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta, Yolo County and Lodi. Through 50 pivotal wines, “The Signature Wines of Superior California” introduces readers to per