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Great Dry White Wines from France
A few weeks ago, I drank a magnificent white French wine that I had not tasted or known about before (more about this wine below). ...
The Scientific Low-Down on High Alcohol Wines
“Officer, the Breathalyzer must be wrong. I only drank two glasses of Chardonnay,” the young woman complained. ...
Raising the Bar in Pennsylvania
Some things have changed very little in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster and Lehigh Valley regions, where the countryside remains home to...
Review: ATK’s Twentieth Anniversary TV Show Cookbook
It was a couple of days after Christmas and I had a hankering to try one of the recipes from the recently published,...
More Pros than Cons with Cans?
When my two sons were sub-teenagers, I occasionally took them and a couple of their friends backpacking in California’s High Sierras...
Venturing Beyond the Top Five
Dear fellow American wine drinkers: Can we resolve to bust out of our all-too-familiar wine drinking habits and try some new...
Getting Out of the Rut
There are probably many reasons why people who drink wine regularly (and I certainly include myself in that category) tend to select the...
News Flash: Underpriced, Classy Bordeaux Found in Castillon
Taking a risk despite Covid-19 to travel to Bordeaux for articles recently published in wine-searcher about the 2018 vintage and a...
Newly Designated Cassification Keeps Soave in Focus
My first visit to Soave in 2013 brought me to Coffele Vintners, whose wines – made from lower yields and careful attention to...