Warm weather is upon us, and wine drinkers are probably consuming lots of white, rosé, and sparkling wines now.  As...

Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo are my favorite red grape varieties.  Both varieties have something in common—they are very...

Wines made from the Pinot Noir grape variety are among the most popular in the world.  In the U.S., most Pinot Noir wines...

Over 10,000 grape varieties exist, but only a very small percentage of them have made the cut as popular wine grapes.  To...

Why am I writing about a wine that is quite rare nowadays, and no longer the great value that it was a few decades ago?  I...

Nebbiolo is my favorite wine grape variety.  And yet it is not well-known, other than for aficionados of the Piedmont...

As we prepare for Thanksgiving, many of us are searching out good, but different wines that will not break the bank.  Italy...

Dutton-Goldfield, in California’s Sonoma County, began making wines from grapes in the cooler vineyards of northern...

I love Champagne.  It is the one wine that I consistently buy, despite the fact that I own enough to last for a...