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jim white
Napa Valley, California
A former foreign correspondent in Africa, I have been a food and wine writer 40 years. Twice I was named "Best Food Writer in North America," by a panel of peers. In 1982, I earned the award for a series of 30 articles I wrote as one of the first western food writers to uncover the tasty dishes of post-Maoist China.
Interests: Food, wine, chocolate, Madeira, oh, and did I mention wine and food?
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I Love These Restaurants So Much…..
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As a restaurant critic, I had to try a different restaurant every night, rarely returning to a place simply because I liked it. Now I enjoy the comfort of several special restaurants in Napa Valley where I have eaten more than 500 times. Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2019 at napaman.com
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My Favorite Summer Cocktail!
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A recipe for the tastiest version of a Spanish Gin Tonic that I have ever had. Continue reading
Posted Jul 10, 2019 at napaman.com
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Happy 100th Birthday, Lawrence Ferlinghetti!
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One of my favorite poets of all time wrote one of my favorite poems of all time. The poet is Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Godfather of the Beat Generation, whose bookstore, City Lights, in San Francisco, has been a beacon to all... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2019 at napaman.com
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I Took This Photo of Jimi Hendrix 50 Years Ago!
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It is rare for napaman (that’s me!) to crow about my own achievements in this space; my site is typically a forum for superlative wine and food discoveries in Napa Valley and beyond. But such a wonderful, personal, thing happened... Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2019 at napaman.com
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Best Wines of 2018
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A review of napaman's favorite wines of 2018. Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2018 at napaman.com
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The revolution at Pahlmeyer has begun!
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Vive la révolution! Under the direction of new winery President, Cleo Pahlmeyer, daughter of founder Jayson Pahlmeyer, there is a slow, subtle tweak coming to one of Napa Valley’s premiere cult wines, Pahlmeyer. Successfully tweaking the personality and profile of... Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2018 at napaman.com
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Best Wines of 2017
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We opened, on average, more than 1.5 bottles a night this year, which means we drank 550 bottles; we probably bought another 50 in restaurants; we probably attended tastings, professionally and in winemaker’s homes, and drank another 150 wines. So,... Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2017 at napaman.com
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America! Let Signorello Estate bring its tasting room to you!
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This could be the ultimate wine tasting experience – Napa Valley’s Signorello Estate, damaged in last month’s catastrophic wild fire, has determined that while it rebuilds, it will bring its phenomenal food-wine pairing event to your home – to any... Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2017 at napaman.com
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My favorite Napa Valley Cabernet – and you’ve never heard of it!
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I've known about my "latest" wine discovery for 10 years and am just now revealing it -- one of my favorite Cabernets of Napa Valley! Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2017 at napaman.com
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Napa Valley’s Best, Best-Kept-Secret Winery!
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The smiling man above is Ray Signorello Jr., an energetic, passionate, friendly guy who just happens to produce exceptional wines, which I’d never tasted until this week. I ask myself how is this possible? I have driven by the main... Continue reading
Posted Sep 8, 2017 at napaman.com
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Big Thank You to Ava for Her Inventive Idea - It Could Change Restaurant Service Everywhere!
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The photo that started it all. Last week, I drove through Berkeley and stopped at one of my favorite lunch spots, Iyasare, which serves a trendy (and did I say very tasty?) version of Japanese cuisine with a California touch.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2017 at napaman.com
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Madeirathon 2017 – An Expedition to a Fabled Island To Find and Taste 144 of the World’s Rarest Wines!
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The Island of Madeira -- Thirteen intrepid wine enthusiasts boarded planes last week and flew to this tiny island in the mid-Atlantic to discover, learn about, and taste some of the world’s rarest wines – some of them 150-years-old and... Continue reading
Posted May 22, 2017 at napaman.com
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Napaman’s Best Wines of the Year
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An overview of the best wines which napaman had the pleasure to taste in 2016. Continue reading
Posted Dec 10, 2016 at napaman.com
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Favorite Restaurants of 2016
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A round up of napaman's favorite restaurants in 2016. Continue reading
Posted Dec 1, 2016 at napaman.com
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Mel Taub – A Mutable feast!
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That’s an anagram above – the letters of “Mel Taub” rearranged to spell “Mutable.” Mel Taub Anagrams are the key to solving my favorite-ever crossword puzzles, the ones on which I grew up, created by a remarkable wordsmith, Mel Taub.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2016 at napaman.com
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Margrit Biever Mondavi Dies at Age 91
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The headlines and obituaries will note that Margrit Mondavi, a pioneer of modern-day California wine, and wife of Robert Mondavi, died today. But Margrit was much more than that to me. She was a friend and, as Robert’s wife, the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2016 at napaman.com
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Coombsville – Proof that you can be Nostalgic about the Present!
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Attention passengers! We are now entering the tiny, grape-growing region of Napa Valley known as Coombsville, a somewhat hilly, bucolic region, dotted with small family wineries producing wonderful wine. Population: Who knows? Typical Coombsville vineyards While five million visitors annually... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2016 at napaman.com
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Napa Valley’s Most Memorable Wine Event of the Year – Robert Mondavi Winery turns 50!
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The highlight of just one tasting panel featured wines dating back to 1968, including the very last bottle of 1969 Cabernet Reserve at the winery. Some 150 special guests assembled for an extravagant celebration over the last three days to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2016 at napaman.com
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George Washington was President when this wine was made – AND IT’S STILL YOUNG, BRILLIANT AND LIVELY!
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The highlight of a two-day Madeira tasting in Seattle, WA, this past weekend was a 1795 Barbeito Terrantez. There aren’t many left in the world. To call this a transformative experience is an understatement; once you’ve had a wine of... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2016 at napaman.com
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I Spent Valentine’s Day with an Old Heart Throb - A 216-year-old Wine That is Still Youthful!
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What do US Presidents Andrew Jackson, Abe Lincoln, and Grover Cleveland have in common? They were in office, respectively, when each of three wines I just tasted were made – in 1834, 1863 and 1885. And each of these wines... Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2016 at napaman.com
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Best Wines of the Year!
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How is it that you can open hundreds of bottles of wine over a few months and not find a single candidate for Wine of the Year.... and then one night, with a juicy, braised leg of lamb, you open... Continue reading
Posted Dec 9, 2015 at napaman.com
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Best Restaurants of 2015
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As we come to the close of the year, I am in a reflective mood (color me Nike headband). “What were your best meals of the year?” you ask. Surely, you assume, they might have been Italian, for napaman spent... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2015 at napaman.com
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On Safari in Darkest, Deepest….. Italy!
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When you go to Africa, where I lived on and off for years as a photographer and foreign correspondent, I often hired a guide to go on safari. I figured the same might be required on my recent trip to... Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2015 at napaman.com
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Tra Vigne is Closing its Doors December 20!
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What a black Christmas it’s going to be for staff and patrons of what is one of Napa Valley’s iconic restaurants, Tra Vigne, in St. Helena. In what is a personally sad story to have to report, Tra Vigne will... Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2015 at napaman.com
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Bella Union -- the Super Baby Wine is Born!
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Remember how they gossiped when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got married? Everyone conjectured that their kids would be stunning, runway model gorgeous. Well that’s what we’ve been expecting in wine country, after two of Napa Valley’s super stud wineries,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 25, 2015 at napaman.com
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