Jim Clarke, Author at Wine Review Online

Bubbling Up: Premium German Sekt

by Jim Clarke | July 22, 2019

Sometimes a country’s wines, or some of them, anyway, don’t make it beyond the country’s borders. Argentina, for a long...

by Jim Clarke | May 29, 2019

For the past couple of years I’ve been attending Prowein, the international wine fair held in Düsseldorf each March. It’s...

by Jim Clarke | April 3, 2019

We’re now in the twilight of ski season (if you’re into that sort of thing), and many end-of-year diehards are...

by Jim Clarke | February 6, 2019

“Cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush” sounds less than appealing, but it’s a cliché description for Sauvignon Blanc, even among...

by Jim Clarke | December 12, 2018

In my last column for Wine Review Online, I addressed an effort by producers in the Languedoc to keep up...

by Jim Clarke | October 17, 2018

As the interest in, or preference for, lower alcohol, fresher wines continues to grow, it’s creating a dilemma for many...

by Jim Clarke | August 22, 2018

The growth of sake in the U.S. has, at least for wine drinkers, probably overshadowed the perhaps more surprising rise...

by Jim Clarke | May 9, 2018

Big changes at a winery always induce worry in fans; will the core of what makes the wines special change?...

by Jim Clarke | March 21, 2018

I taste wine with other professionals — sommeliers, wine writers, and the like — very often, of course, but it’s...

by Jim Clarke | February 5, 2018

There’s definitely been a move away from high-alcohol wines in many parts of the world, and generally it’s been to...

by Jim Clarke | December 20, 2017

It couldn’t be correct to suggest that any of Angelo Gaja’s wines have been ignored or overlooked, but there is...

by Jim Clarke | November 8, 2017

Looking back at my tasting notes from a large number of seminars, conferences, visits, and other tasting opportunities this summer,...