Smith-Madrone: Tasting a Napa Valley pioneer
One of Napa's pioneer estates...
Elin McCoy is an award-winning journalist and author, focusing on wine and spirits, based in New York. She is a regular Decanter contributor, as well as the wine and drinks columnist at Bloomberg News and the wine editor of ZesterDaily.com. A published author, she penned The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste, and co-authored Thinking About Wine.
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