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The Middleburg AVA: Trying to Make Sense in Identifying Terroirs
The wine world is rabid in its obsession to connect a bottle of wine with its origins – where the grapes were grown – and no...
Tasting Your Way to Better Wine Selections
Welcome to a guide offering some advice about how to select an appropriate wine for the moment. I'm following up on my previous...
Breaking Barrels, Part 2: Women in the Sonoma and Lake County Wine World
Women have long been involved in the production of wine in California, but historically, few women were known as winemakers. ...
Gigondas: Emerging to the Limelight
Twenty years ago, when I began studying wine professionally, Gigondas’s status was hard to define. As a budding sommelier you...
Exploring the Rhônes Less Traveled
Having long been intrigued by Rhône wines as well as Rhône-style wines from the USA, I regularly check out the Tablas Creek...
The Right Wine(s) for Thanksgiving…Plus 2024 Chickens
I’m publishing this on the day before Thanksgiving in the USA, while millions of shoppers are dealing with the dual nightmares of...
How is Bordeaux 2021 from Bottle? Go for the Whites
The recently bottled 2021 vintage from Bordeaux is “very demanding” remarked friend and (very) experienced taster Jürgen...
Madeira: So Much More Than Sweet
Madeira brings different images to mind for different people. Some see a beautiful island off the coast of Morocco, while others...
Towards an Honest Expression of the Vineyard
San Pedro, Cachapoal-Andes (Chile) “Altair” 2019 ($90): Four years ago, only months before the word “Covid”...