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Mencía from Bierzo: The Latest Arrival at the Gateway to Greatness
For many years while I was working as wine columnist for The Washington Post, I conducted a live, online question-and-answer show on the...
Highlighting Bordeaux’s Latest Vintage from Bottle
The 2018 vintage is the latest Bordeaux in bottle and as I had noted during barrel tastings, it is not the most homogenous, despite...
WINE WITH…Mushrooms Bourguignon
WINE WITH…Mushrooms Bourguignon Boeuf Bourguignon is a wonderful dish to eat in any season although most people seem to find it an...
In Vino Veritas – A Useful Allegory in the Age of the Big Lie
In wine, there is truth. I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that truth is a pretty hot commodity right now. ...
A Guiltless Way to Enjoy Sauternes
I love Sauternes, but rarely drink that sweet wine. One reason is that the classic combination of foie gras and Sauternes hardly...
A Virtual Wine Travel Resolution
Looking back on 2020, there have been countless ways in which a wine writer's work has changed. One such challenge has been the...
Inspiring Wines from Tenuta Sant’Antonio
Tenuta Sant’Antonio was created in 1989 by the Castagnedi brothers, Armando, Tiziano, Paolo and Massimo. It is located on the...
Merlot Fights Back
October is Merlot Month. Before you yawn, consider this: Merlot was ascendant in the domestic wine market prior to the 2004...
Nimble Adaptations at Saint-Estèphe’s Lafon-Rochet
Château Lafon-Rochet is in the Saint-Estèphe appellation in Bordeaux. It has been owned by the Tesseron family (not...