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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...
Gérard Bertrand: Languedoc Visionary
Gérard Bertrand has a vision for the South of France including Languedoc and Roussillon: to be the first organic wine region in the...
Big Winners from 2020
The many setbacks of 2020 notwithstanding, there were numerous bright spots for the wine industry over the course of the challenging year...
A New Look at Two Piedmontese Wineries
Italy’s Piedmont region is in northwest Italy, with France at its western border and Switzerland to the north. Its main wine...
A Short List of My Favorite Champagnes
I love Champagne. It is the one wine that I consistently buy, despite the fact that I own enough to last for a while. If I...
Charles Heidsieck – and other Memorable Champagnes
People buy and drink a good deal of Champagne during the Holiday Season, culminating on New Year’s Eve. About half of the yearly sales of...
Champagne Laurent-Perrier’s New Look
Earlier this year, I met with Michelle DeFeo, U.S. President of Laurent-Perrier Champagne. I tasted several new Champagnes, and...
Dutton-Goldfield Winery: Pinot Noir Specialists
Dutton-Goldfield, in California’s Sonoma County, began making wines from grapes in the cooler vineyards of northern California in...