In February Hughes launched the Flying Winemaker, everything from chardonnays to cabernets, available at some smaller groceries and retailers.

FORBES: Wine Workout

California's general run of Pinot Noirs are far more distant from their original French model--Burgundy--than, say, the state's Cabernets are from Bordeaux.

FORBES: Magazine Article

While California has its big cabernets and buttery chardonnays, Willamette Valley winemakers have become famous for the finicky, cool weather pinot noir grape.

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The entertaining Shafer guided us through top years of his Cabernets, and Glander and Bradley Ogden alternated days of cooking demonstrations and meals, accompanied by more Shafer wines.

FORBES: Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee