6. Exploring Napa and Sonoma - Senior Editor for Wine Enthusiast, Virginie Boone talks about the hidden treasures in Napa and Sonoma

On this episode, Sarah Faherty sits down with an incredible wine writer, author and contributing editor of Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Virginie Boone. Virginie has been with Wine Enthusiast since 2010 and is a lead contributor on the wines of Napa and Sonoma for the magazine. Sonoma-based Boone began her writing career in 1997 with Lonely Planet travel guidebooks, contributing to titles on South America, Northern California, France and America's Deep South. She is also the author of Napa Valley and Sonoma: Heart of California Wine Country, and a regular panelist and speaker on wine topics in California and beyond On this episode, we discuss Napa and Sonoma. We discuss everything from the difference in soils and climates within Napa and Sonoma, some of the hidden treasures you don’t want to miss out on, and the differences to be on the lookout next time you go to purchase a bottle. We will also discuss how Wine Enthusiast comes up with its famous ratings of various wines. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with a friend, hit that subscribe button and be sure to leave us a rating.  Please join us next time, where I have the pleasure of speaking with a man who discusses drinking a 150 year old shipwrecked bottle of wine with William Shattner, Drank Tequila and arm wrestled The Rock and is highly respected in the food & wine world as a senior wine editor for Food and Wine Magazine, Ray Isle.

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