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Saumur: Home to Fabulous Dry Chenin Blanc

by Michael Apstein | Aug 14, 2019

The Chenin Blanc grape can be transformed into fabulous wine. It makes sensationally riveting dry wines and lusciously sweet...

by Ed McCarthy | Aug 6, 2019

The 11 Finger Lakes, located in western New York State, south of huge Lake Ontario, are a source of surprisingly fine wines--many at...

by Wayne Belding | Jul 30, 2019

Wine writers and wine sellers across the world often include the character of vineyard soils as they describe the singular virtues of a...

by Michael Franz | Jul 23, 2019

I’m sure you’ve heard the cliché by which something is said to be “the gift that keeps on giving.” ...

by Jim Clarke | Jul 22, 2019

Sometimes a country’s wines, or some of them, anyway, don’t make it beyond the country’s borders. Argentina, for a...

by Jessica Dupuy | Jul 17, 2019

Summer means many things to different people. From backyard barbecues and Fourth of July fireworks to beach lounging and reading by...

by Michael Apstein | Jul 17, 2019

One of the many things I love about Beaujolais is its variety and versatility. There’s Beaujolais Nouveau, a beverage...

by Rebecca Murphy | Jul 10, 2019

How do you make great wine? You start with a great place with the right soils and plant grape varieties best suited to that place in...

by Ed McCarthy | Jul 10, 2019

Summer weather does not signal to me that I stop drinking red wines--it just changes the type of red wines that I choose to drink. I...