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Alex Gambal’s New Memoir Provides an Unvarnished View of the World of Wine and Burgundy
Imagine being an American with a young family and deciding to uproot your life, leaving the comfort of your stable job to chase your...
Wine Resolutions for the New Year
With the advent of the new year, one's thoughts often turn to resolutions for the coming months. For those with a penchant for fine...
Remembering Mike Grgich: The Man Who Put California Wines on the Map
The wine world lost a giant last month. Miljenko “Mike” Grgich, the man who thrust California wine onto the...
Champagnes to Usher in the New Year
The custom throughout much of the world, particularly in Europe and in the Western Hemisphere countries, is to greet the New Year with...
Robert Whitley’s Christmas Table & Paul Lukacs’ Cognacs for the Holidays
Every year has its challenges as well as its charms, but for me and my colleagues at Wine Review Online, the recent stretch of years has...
Argentina’s Domaine Bousquet: Cultivating Excellence from an Ideal Environment
Anne Bousquet, Co-owner of Domaine Bousquet in Argentina, visited Texas a few weeks ago. I was excited to meet her, because I admire...
Alentejo, Portugal: Carving Out a Future Built on the Past
I’ll start out this month’s column by giving you a quick summary up front just in case you’re pressed for time as we run...
1980s Bordeaux in Review: The Top Wines from the Best Bordeaux Vintages of the ’80s
I’ve written previously on my personal love of aged wines and how anyone can explore this wondrous world, even on a modest...
Holiday Cheer That Won’t Deplete Your Bank Account
When last he appeared at this site, this Ole Professor promised on his return to deconstruct the tale of how a small and obscure Cape Cod...