San Diego is a fabulous destination for wine as is the case with just about everything else you can do there. Within a half-hour of Torrey Pines, not accounting for any tournament-related traffic, you have an overload of great-sounding options.

Like a desert mirage a lot of high end restaurants in the Palm Springs area don’t post their lists online. So we went looking under the desert rocks to see what we could find for you.

After just covering Maui for the Sentry TOC I reset my expectations to the upside for Oahu and the Sony Open in Honolulu.

The 2025 Sentry takes place in a sobered climate a year-and-a-half after the devastating and heartbreaking Lahaina wildfires. It’s no longer the Tournament of Champions, but there’s still a clear wine champion in Maui at Merriman’s. How do they do it?

Here’s an idea. Let’s get the PGA and LPGA tours together and play 3 days of goofy golf in Naples, FL, then maybe drink some good wine.

Our review of the wine scene in the so-called Golden Isles has been immeasurably enhanced through conversations with three accomplished local sommeliers. Sneak peak for golfers: Sea Island Resort (above) still rules.

If you’ve been following me at all through the PGA season, you know I do my homework, which typically involves googling an entire city’s collection of restaurants and stores in search of the best wine.

We had low expectations for a tour stop in Ivins, UT. We weren't disappointed.

If going to Jackson is good enough for Johnny Cash, it’s good enough for us. And judging from the restaurants in Jackson we surveyed, not going would be a mistake.

As noted elsewhere in these pages, California cab is the American golfer’s wine of choice. So when the Tour visits Napa, you better believe there’s great golf-appropriate wine everywhere you turn.

It’s fitting for our mission that the culmination of the PGA Tour and FedEx Cup seasons happens in Atlanta.

The wine action here is all back in Denver...

I have one word for you regarding the wine scene in Memphis…corkage.

I was surprised by the seeming plethora of wine options in Greensboro. Maybe it’s the presence of multiple colleges or the way it sits in a belt between Winston-Salem and Durham, or maybe it’s just a happening place.

There is no shortage of options in the Twin Cities for a good wine experience. And while it’s hard to comment on an entire metro area, I always felt as if greatness remained just out of reach. I’ll just go sulk in the corner at i Nonni, assuming I can find the wine list…

It is quite possible and actually easy to drink great wine in Scotland if you’re traveling for the Genesis or Open Championship. Avoid the plonk and email the St. Andrews Wine Company now!

What comes first, supply or demand? The question occurred to me as I googled the wine scene in the Quad Cities early in the week of the John Deere Classic.

You won’t find wine to match the caliber of the golf at Pinehurst, but no reason to break an 8-iron across your knee either…

Louisville is not a wine slugger’s paradise. You’d think between Valhalla and The Derby there’d be at least one category killer restaurant or retailer, but we couldn’t find them. We did find a place you can taste 155 bourbons though…

Awesome wine options, traffic permitting. That’s why we call it Drive For Bor(beaux)…