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What I’ve Been Drinking Lately: Beaujolais
If I were asked where the real bargains are today in the world of fine wine, I’d reply, without hesitation: Sherry, which is...
The Duckhorn Portfolio, Featuring its ‘Migration’ Pinot Noirs
Duckhorn Vineyards, founded in 1976 by Dan and Margaret Duckhorn in Napa Valley, outside the town of St. Helena, has become one of the...
A Taste of Montalcino With Col d’Orcia
In the storied history of Italy’s Tuscany region, the tale of Montalcino began as a humble farming community. Who would have...
Jane Anson’s Excellent ‘Inside Bordeaux’
Last October the Bordeaux Wine School in New York offered a webinar to wine professionals to discuss the terroir of Bordeaux and its...
Quarantine Chronicles: Wines from Old Dirt That’ll Make You Feel Young
It’s been just about a full year since we went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that year has gotten me to feeling a...
Port: The Fire of a Forgotten Sun
"Wines that, heaven knows when, had sucked the fire of some forgotten sun and kept it through a hundred years of gloom."...
The Joys of Exploring Italian Wines
One of the many things I adore about Italian wine is its seemingly limitless depth. You can always uncover a wine area or category...
Terroir in Bordeaux
Part of my enthusiasm for wine, and I’m sure other’s as well, is that the character of the wine is, or at least should be, a...
Léoville-Poyferré: Another Super Second?
A vertical tasting of 15 vintages of Château Léoville Poyferré paired with food at the French Embassy in Washington,...