If approached with the wrong mindset or a lack of sampling know-how, wine tasting can be off-putting. Luckily, multiple ...

A “warm embrace” is the feeling Laura Juhasz aims to evoke at Auteur Wines’ new tasting room in the Russian River Valley. The concept was an easy sell to her husband, winemaker Kenneth Juhasz.

Reservations are not required, and flights, wine by the glass and bottle, and snacks are available for purchase. Outfitted with simple dark wood details, a raw maple table, concrete floors, plush ...