R. Todd Williams, co-founder of Toad Hollow Vineyards and the older brother of comedian Robin Williams, who used his own outgoing personality to help build his boutique winery into one of Sonoma ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Liz Thach writes about wine business and wine lifestyle. When Frankie and Todd (Toad) Williams, owners of Toad Hollow Winery, ...

A San Francisco-based wine business investment group that in the past few years has bought locally linked online auction and telesales companies now plans to add a North Coast brand to its portfolio.

Where it's from: The Sonoma Valley of California, where Toad Hollow has produced an array of wines since 1993, including reds (pinot noir, merlot, zinfandel), white (chardonnay), rose and sparklers.

The irises are in bloom at Toad Hollow, and Nina West will be opening her garden for the annual Mother's Day tour next weekend.West has more than 300 varieties of irises — bearded, ruffled, tall and ...

The bottle: Toad Hollow 2008 Dry Pinot Noir Rose. Price: $9.99. Varietal: Pinot noir. Where it's from: The Russian River Valley in California's Sonoma County, where Toad Hollow has been producing this ...

He privately called one of his saloons the "Risky Liver Inn," referred to his pet dachshund as "a 10-pound bladder" in a national magazine interview, and at 14 ran away from home on a funky Whizzer ...

Robert Todd Williams was always the showman, a thundering presence whether tending bar in a neighborhood joint or pouring a fine pinot at a fancy winemaker dinner. Williams, aka “Dr. Toad” or just ...

After Todd Williams, co-founder of Toad Hollow Vineyards, died in 2007, many in the wine industry wondered what his wife, Francine “Frankie” Williams, would do with the winery: sell it or keep it.