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DAN BERGER Neither Jim Clendenen nor Dr. David Bruce chose the easiest path when they got into the merry-go-round we call winemaking. I knew both of these skilled men for more than 40 years and was truly saddened by their passings in the last month, leaving the world of wine far poorer. But both achieved greatness despite opting to climb a greased pole by opting to make pinot Noir in California’s occasionally disparaged Central Coast wine region. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. Special offer: $5 for your fir...

Getty Are you looking for a Pinot with lavish black cherry and baked berry flavors sprinkled with baking spice and toasted oak? Or is an ethereal and tense option more your choice, with its brisk red fruit and waves of bay leaf and juniper? You can have either style of Pinot Noir from California’s Central Coast, where the chameleonesque grape reflects a myriad of microclimates and winemaker whims, usually with delicious results.  Given the appellation’s more than 90,000 vineyard acres planted across nearly 300 miles, from the San Francisco Bay to the Santa Barbara coast, the varie...

Jim Clendenen, Santa Barbara Winemaking Pioneer, Dies at 68 With exuberant charisma and relentless traveling, he promoted his label, Au Bon Climat, and the region as a wine hub. Jim Clendenen in 2009 at his winery, Au Bon Climat. He had a striking leonine mane of hair well after long hair had gone out of fashion and a goatee long before goatees came back in style. His wines were similarly distinctive but never trendy.Credit...Monica Almeida/The New York Times May 19, 2021Updated 2:57 p.m. ET Jim Clendenen, a larger than life, globe-trotting winemaker who through the force of his flamboyant pe...

Jim Clendenen, Santa Barbara vintner who changed the course of California Pinot Noir, dies at 68 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Au Bon Climat winemaker Jim Clendenen, seen in 2019 in front of his wine library at his tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara.Erick Madrid/Special to The Chronicle 2019Show MoreShow Less 2of2 Jim Clendenen, seen in 2019 at his tasting room, stayed true to his style of delicate, subtle winemaking even when it wasn’t popular.Erick Madrid/Special to The Chronicle 2019Show MoreShow Less Jim Clendenen, the boisterous, rebellious founder of Au Bon Climat winery, who carved a...