Italy’s Piedmont region has been my favorite area in the world for red wines for some time. When I made my first...
Piedmont’s Everyday Red Wines
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Ed McCarthy
Concha y Toro: King of Chilean Wine Producers
Just as Gallo is the U.S.’s dominant wine firm, Moët & Chandon is Champagne’s icon, and Baron Philippe de...
Grower Champagnes
The Institute of Masters of Wine recently did its annual gigantic Champagne tasting in New York (with San Francisco coming up)...
Charles Heidsieck: World’s Most Underrated Champagne
One year after he founded his Champagne house in 1851, 29-year-old Charles-Camille Heidsieck took the unusual step, at that...
Provence Rosés: the Perfect Summer Wines
Some friends of mine tell me that they drink red wine all-year round. I cannot. Or at least I prefer not to drink...
The Summer of Rosé Champagne
Summer is here, and my thoughts turn to rosé wine. I’m all for that. What is more refreshing than...
Cobb Wines, Sonoma Coast (Sonoma County, California) 2008
The 1.5 acre block of vines that provided the fruit for this wine is appropriately named after the late Diane Cobb, a...
Cobb Wines, Sonoma Coast (Sonoma County, California) Pinot Noir 2008
Ross Cobb has been using the 2-acre Joy Road Vineyard, along with the Jack Hill, since 2007. It is located very...
Cobb Wines, Sonoma Coast (Sonoma County, California) Pinot Noir 2009
The 2009 Emmaline is even better than the great 2007 Cobb Emmaline, to my taste. It is totally delicious, with...
Wining and Dining in New York City
If you have been to New York City lately, you cannot help but notice the huge number of tourists crowding the sidewalks of...
The Nebbiolos of Northern Piedmont
The aromatic, late-ripening Nebbiolo variety makes truly great wines only in Piedmont, a region in northwestern Italy that draws...
What Happened to My Red Burgundies?
I wish I had bought more red Burgundies when their prices were not in the stratosphere--which means over twenty years ago. ...