The Verdicchio variety reaches new heights with this wine, made from 50 year-old vines planted in the early 1970s. ...
The Alto Piemonte
Nebbiolo is one of the greatest red wine grape varieties in the world. Wines made from Nebbiolo can be found in various...
Champagnes to Check Out
Although I have been buying and writing about all sorts of wines throughout my life--and I certainly own enough wines to last...
Some Great Italian White Wines and One Amazing Rosé
Italy’s white wines have improved so much during the past few decades that today I believe they are among the best white...
Wines of The Finger Lakes
The 11 Finger Lakes, located in western New York State, south of huge Lake Ontario, are a source of surprisingly fine...
Summertime Reds
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...
2017: A Great Port Vintage
We can all look forward to a great vintage of Port--or Porto, as it is officially called now--reaching the United States in...
Pinot Grigio and Marco Felluga
Pinot Grigio is the largest-selling imported wine in the United States. In many restaurants and bars, it has even replaced...
Dry Creek Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley (Sonoma County, California) 2015
Dry Creek Vineyard’s latest Meritage wine (a name Dave Stare was the first to use on California wine labels to...
Dry Creek Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley (Sonoma County, California) Zinfandel 2016
Dry Creek Vineyard makes several red Zinfandels, but its finest one might be its single-vineyard Estate wine, its 2016...
Dry Creek Vineyard Introduces New Wines
During the 1970s, California began opening many new wineries. The wine boom in California that began in the mid-1960s...
Massolino, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2014
Massolino, situated n Serralunga d’Alba, makes full-bodied Barolos, more typical of the Serralunga commune. ...