Steve Heimoff is an American wine writer and former wine critic and
California wine
California wine production has a rich viticulture history since 1680 when
Spanish Jesuit missionaries planted ''Vitis vinifera'' vines native to the Mediterranean region in their established missions to produce wine for religious services. ...
expert. He was the West Coast Editor for ''
Wine Enthusiast Magazine'' from 1994 until 2014, and previously from 1989 to 1994 a contributor to ''
Wine Spectator
''Wine Spectator'' is an American lifestyle magazine that focuses on wine, wine culture and wine ratings. It is the flagship publication of M. Shanken Communications, which also publishes ''Cigar Aficionado'', ''Whisky Advocate'', ''Market Watch' ...
''.
In 2014, he left his job at ''
Wine Enthusiast
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'' to take a PR and education position with Jackson Family Wines, maker of the Kendall-Jackson range of wines.
In an open letter to the ''
San Francisco Chronicle
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'', Heimoff warned fellow critic
James Laube of ''Wine Spectator'' that due to his position as a critic in a prominent magazine, he should be more cautious about branding wines as being tainted when most wine drinkers do not have the same level of sensitivity to detect anything wrong with those wines.
Heimoff has published the books ''A Wine Journey along the Russian River'', released in 2005, and ''New Classic Winemakers of California: Conversations with Steve Heimoff'' in 2007.
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List of wine personalities
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Vineyard owners
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Living people
American wine critics
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