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Viognier and Condrieu — Again

by Paul Lukacs | Jun 19, 2019

On vacation in southern France a few weeks ago, I rediscovered Viognier--or more specifically, Condrieu, the grape’s ancestral...

by Michael Apstein | Jun 19, 2019

It’s well known that the red wines from the south of France can provide great pleasure, especially for the price. The whites,...

by Wayne Belding | Jun 4, 2019

For geologists, there are three basic types of rocks -- igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Igneous rocks are the primary...

by Jim Clarke | May 29, 2019

For the past couple of years I’ve been attending Prowein, the international wine fair held in Düsseldorf each March. ...

by Jessica Dupuy | May 24, 2019

Just back from a week in Alentejo, Portugal, one of the country’s hottest wine regions--and I mean that literally, considering they...

by Ed McCarthy | May 15, 2019

We can all look forward to a great vintage of Port--or Porto, as it is officially called now--reaching the United States in September or...

by Marguerite Thomas | May 10, 2019

In the mid-twentieth century the legendary psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud claimed that women puzzled him. “What does a Woman...

by Robert Whitley | May 8, 2019

BORDEAUX, France – The splendid 2018 vintage of red Bordeaux marks the fourth consecutive very good to outstanding harvest in...

by Panos Kakaviatos | May 1, 2019

In trying to understand 2018 in Bordeaux, some have been focusing on the balance between acidity and alcohol. You could say that...