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Our Houston chef friend Chris Shepherd’s cookbook, Cook Like a Local, is inspired by the many local cuisines of his adopted city. A favorite recipe from it, Chris’s tried-and-true “Lamburger …

When he arrived at Miner Family Winery recently for a four-month harvest internship, Charles Sabon probably hadn’t expected a little bit of the Rhône Valley to follow him to Oakville. So his eyes …

Incorporated into the view across the valley from Miner’s front terrace, Bonny’s Vineyard is one of Oakville’s historic sites. Its three original acres were planted in 1974 by the legendary …

In the summer of 1997—the early days at Miner Family Winery—Dave Miner signed a contract with a North Coast grape grower to purchase several tons of sangiovese grapes. The fruit was destined for …