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Notre Vue Estates: A Forward View on Wine and Our World
I recently had the pleasure of getting out of the house to do a little wine judging in Sonoma County, and I have to say it was a great...
Pinot Gris: Alive and Well in Oregon
Pinot Gris is the second most widely planted variety in Oregon, and after a decade of steady growth, it is the leading white grape today,...
What I’ve Been Drinking Lately: A Tale of Three Families in Burgundy
The Côte de Brouilly is one of the four smallest crus of Beaujolais, typically producing less than 20,000 hl of wine per year. ...
At Long Last: Subzone Designations for Chianti Classico
It can be very easy for a wine brand or a region to get a little too obsessed with a particular marketing message, sometimes to the point...
The ‘Banks’ of Chablis
When wine aficionados talk about “banks” they’re usually either talking about Bordeaux, or perhaps about the prices the...
Niner Wine Estates: The Spirit of a French Domaine on California’s Central Coast
Today’s wine business is an amazingly varied hodgepodge of business models, from tiny, single variety producers to worldwide...
Lessons Learned from 100 Days of Tasting Notes
Back on April 1st I signed up for a 100-Days Project. This one was with The Isolation Journals, an online community of creatives...
The “Second Wines” of Bordeaux’s First Growths: Anything but Second Rate
I just returned from Bordeaux, spending the week tasting some of the world's finest wines. I had this great fortune thanks to Ronald...
Aligoté: Burgundy’s Other White Grape
White Burgundy is made from Chardonnay, right? Well, mostly. There’s another white grape in Bourgogne, Aligoté,...