Sherry may conjure the image of old ladies drinking a cloyingly sweet wine. Yet, this fortified wine from southern Spain...
The Different World of Sherry
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An Essay: Beauty in the Ashes
Two remarkable things happened today. First, it is the 7th of April, baseball has started, the cherry blossoms in D.C. are...
Rioja Renaissance: Six Exemplary Bodegas
Forget old notions of Rioja. Images of bullfights and sangria from decades past have nothing to do with Rioja today, as...
Col Solare Shines on Washington’s Red Mountain
Wine writers are a lucky lot. Getting to travel the world eating and drinking is simply the best job around. But,...
New Zealand: A Regional Look at Kiwi Country
Jumping into the glacial blue water 200 feet below I thought to myself, 'I love New Zealand!' Where else can you sample...
Screwed for Good? Screw Caps and Red Wine
I'm about to give you two glasses of the same wine, one from a cork-sealed bottle and the other from a screw-capped bottle. Can...
Malbec by Degrees
Last month I went to Mendoza, Argentina, to get my head around Malbec. It was my first trip to South America, and my first...
Wine Is Not Gin
American readers may be growing weary of European writers complaining of high alcohol in a growing number of California wines,...
Advice for Long Winter Nights
Now that the parties are over and all of those wonderful excuses for buying and uncorking the good stuff have fallen away, and...
Counting My Blessings
The holidays are upon us. It's the perfect time to pause, reflect, and count one's blessings, and in the world of wine that's...
Three Great Estates in Bandol
The road south out of the pretty medieval village of La Cadière d'Azurt in Bandol heads downhill at first, into the valley,...
Going Green in Oregon & Washington
Last week I toured vineyards in the Willamette Valley (in Oregon) and the Walla Walla Valley (in Oregon and Washington) to get...