Lake Como is probably Italy’s most renowned lake, but Lake Garda (Lago di Garda), in north-central Italy, is almost three...

I find it extraordinary that, after collecting wines all of my adult life, I still feel the need to buy more wines. ...

I have the collecting gene.  As a boy, I collected stamps, coins, baseball cards, etc., during various phases of my...

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While I was teaching--in an earlier life--I used to work part-time in a local wine shop, to feed my growing passion for...

The term “Icon” is badly over-used nowadays--in the wine world and elsewhere. But the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon...

Don’t you get tired of seeing the latest “elite” California wine producer debut its brand-new wine at a retail...

Some of my Burgundy-loving friends do not accept the idea that excellent Pinot Noirs wines can be made outside of...