Angel Camp Vineyard overlooks the Navarro River, in the northern half of Anderson Valley, where cooling fogs and a large...
Dutton-Goldfield, Mendocino County (California) Pinot Noir 2017
This is the most northerly vineyard Dutton-Goldfield sources from, lying some ways past Anderson Valley. It was...
Dutton Ranch: Diverse and Delicious
Over fifty years ago Warren Dutton planted the first of many vineyards in the Russian River Valley, giving birth to Dutton Ranch...
Giving White Bordeaux Its Due
At this year’s conference of the Society of Wine Educators, I had the opportunity to attend a great tasting of one of my...
Bubbling Up: Premium German Sekt
Sometimes a country’s wines, or some of them, anyway, don’t make it beyond the country’s borders. ...
Three Exceptional Sources for Rheingau Riesling
For the past couple of years I’ve been attending Prowein, the international wine fair held in Düsseldorf each...
Savoie: Fruit of the Alps
We’re now in the twilight of ski season (if you’re into that sort of thing), and many end-of-year diehards are...
The Remarkable Range of Wine Descriptors
“Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush” sounds less than appealing, but it’s a cliché description for...
Excellence on a Big Frame: Primitivo di Manduria
In my last column for Wine Review Online, I addressed an effort by producers in the Languedoc to keep up with the apparent trend...
Reconsidering Languedoc in a Changing Climate
As the interest in, or preference for, lower alcohol, fresher wines continues to grow, it’s creating a dilemma for many...
On the Rise: Shochu from Japan
The growth of sake in the U.S. has, at least for wine drinkers, probably overshadowed the perhaps more surprising rise of...
Ravenswood, Updated
Big changes at a winery always induce worry in fans; will the core of what makes the wines special change? The two most common...