Wine Articles

Why am I writing about a wine that is quite rare nowadays, and no longer the great value that it was a few decades ago?  I am...

It seems today that we could be about to come out of the past year of quarantine isolation and all of the things that have come with...

Cabernet Franc, cultivated over the last 700 years, has recently become newsworthy.  Not splashy, front-page stuff, but trends of...

Experienced wine buyers around the world know to be wary of general hype of vintages from Europe, largely because expectations are largely...

As I observed in my column here on Wine Review Online last month, “South Africa has now clearly joined the ranks of the...

I began writing about wine in 1993, first for The Washington Times and then, eight months later, for The Washington Post, where I stayed...

Temperature is a crucial factor in wine appreciation, yet it is a factor that is insufficiently appreciated by many consumers.  Wine...

Sommeliers hold a higher profile right now than they have for a generation--or maybe two.  Or maybe ever.  That’s almost...