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People are Paying Attention to Bordeaux 2019 Futures
COVID-19 has caused a great many deaths and dislocations, so in any reasonable ranking of repercussions, wine-related problems rank pretty...
Dry White ‘Oscar’ Worthy Summer Bargains from Bordeaux
I sparked a series of comments on Facebook the other day with the opening line, “Life really is too short to drink average...
No Rosé, Please…Just Chill the Red
The spray from the tsunami of rosé hitting our shores just soaked me. I know rosé is popular, but the latest evidence...
A Winery in…L.A.?
California red wine selling for $150+ a bottle is not a rarity anymore. But who’s heard of a Los Angeles winery selling one...
Alsace Rieslings Strike Back
For the first decade of my work as a wine writer, I probably devoted more columns in The Washington Post to Riesling from Alsace than any...
The Platinum Parade
Over the 30 years I've been writing a nationally syndicated wine column, I've easily sampled a couple hundred thousand wines — at...
A Texas Winery’s Perspective During the Time of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the country, Texas has found itself in the spotlight as one of the states with...
A Look Back at the Wine World of 1933
Four score and seven years ago, a book entitled Wines by Julian Leonard Street was published. Julian Street was an American author,...
Bichot is Back
If I needed any convincing—and I did not—that Bichot, the venerable Beaune-based Burgundy négoçiant, is back, it...