The Distinctive and Very Fine Wines of Crete by Jim Clarke | December 4, 2024 Climate change is often accused of driving European winegrowing northward – see the increasing success of England’s sparkling wines, with... Read More
White Rhône in the Zone by Jim Clarke | July 31, 2024 I’m continually on the lookout for a particular sort of white wine. I’m fine with racy, linear whites when the... Read More
The Distinctive and Very Fine Wines of Crete by Jim Clarke | May 15, 2024 Climate change is often accused of driving European winegrowing northward – see the increasing success of England’s sparkling wines, with... Read More
Montalcino’s Poggio di Sotto: Still in Good Hands by Jim Clarke | March 15, 2024 There’s always a certain trepidation when a highly regarded “cult” winery changes hands, especially when a larger company snatches it... Read More
Gigondas: Emerging to the Limelight by Jim Clarke | December 10, 2023 Twenty years ago, when I began studying wine professionally, Gigondas’s status was hard to define. As a budding sommelier you... Read More
Bibi Graetz’s Innovative Twists in the Super Tuscan Genre by Jim Clarke | September 17, 2023 The “Super Tuscan” designation embraced a wide swath of wines, most of which first appeared in the last decade or... Read More
Chardonnay on the Rise in Oregon’s Willamette Valley by Jim Clarke | September 17, 2023 Given its success with Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley Chardonnay seems like a slam dunk white for the region. It has... Read More
2018 Brunello di Montalcino, Considered in Context by Jim Clarke | November 23, 2022 Over the past decade or more there have been a few trends that have been relatively universal across the world... Read More
Tasting is Believing: Age-Worthy Italian Whites from Gavi by Jim Clarke | September 21, 2022 It’s a common enough belief among casual wine drinkers that white wine should be enjoyed young, or even, as young... Read More
At Long Last: Subzone Designations for Chianti Classico by Jim Clarke | July 24, 2022 It can be very easy for a wine brand or a region to get a little too obsessed with a... Read More
The ‘Banks’ of Chablis by Jim Clarke | July 24, 2022 When wine aficionados talk about “banks” they’re usually either talking about Bordeaux, or perhaps about the prices the top, classified... Read More
Decoding the Way to Excellence from Austria by Jim Clarke | December 18, 2021 I’ve long been a fan of Austrian wine and, from a professional perspective, an admirer of the Austrian wine industry’s... Read More
