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What I’ve Been Drinking Lately: Under $25 a bottle, All Red or Rosé-and French
The Ole Professor here. Students, take your seats, pull out your stemware and your notebooks—er, laptops! Class is back...
Farewell to Summer with Baja on the Mind
As the summer draws to a close and stories of adventures from friends and family come pouring in, I've been captivated by the tales of...
Dear Wine Shop Owner, Vol. 3
It’s that time again – time for another installment of “Dear Wine Shop Owner!” Current and would-be wine...
Susana Balbo Sees a Whiter Argentina
It’s hard to think about wines made from the Torrontes grape without thinking about Susana Balbo. In fact, it’s just as...
Walking the Walk at Troon
“Organic and biodynamic are not the same" was the first lesson brought home during a recent visit to Troon Vineyard in the...
Granite in the Wine World
As students of wine, we often investigate famous soil types of the world’s vineyards. Along with limestone and schist, granite...
An Object Lesson in the Evolution of Champagne
Franck Pascal (Champagne, France) Brut Nature “Fluence” NV ($80, Banville Wine Merchants) 94 Points: My recent (and...
World’s Best Budget Quaffing Wine: South African Chenin Blanc
For better and worse, I live in Washington, D.C., where the months of July and August are akin to a prolonged steam bath. On the...
On Wine Origins: I’m Napa Valley, and You’re Not!
One cool morning this April, I sat down for a hotel breakfast in Washington, D.C., with a visiting delegation from Napa Valley Vintners...