I’m not sure if this qualifies as a tradition yet, but for the third year in a row, I spent Black Friday doing some wine tasting in Amador County. Coming from Napa, I almost feel like a bully passing judgment on Amador’s wine industry, so I make sure to approach everything with an open mind [...]

Located deep within the golden foothills of Amador wine country, Dobra Zemlja Winery is a modest little outpost, nestled among the ancient oak trees that dominate the rolling landscape. The winery, which was founded in 1995, is the livelihood of 74-year-old Milan Matulich, a Croatian-born winemaker who has farmed the 50-acre property for nearly 25 [...]