With its subtle hints of floral and green grass aromas, its broad and mouth-filling flavors, its freshness, its vibrancy...
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery, St. Helena, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Yes, it’s an expensive wine, and yes, it will surely get even better in years to come, but one lesson many of us...
Château Mont-Redon, Côtes-du-Rhône (Rhône Valley, France) 2018
Château Mont-Redon is located in — and best known for — Châteauneuf--du-Pape, the southern...
Terra d’Oro, Amador County (California) Zinfandel 2016
“Terra d’Oro” means “Earth of Gold” of course, and some of the vines here do indeed date...
Calvet, Bordeaux (France) Sauvignon Blanc 2017
Calvet is a venerable French négociant company that focuses on Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc. Zingy citrus aromas...
Getting Out of the Rut
There are probably many reasons why people who drink wine regularly (and I certainly include myself in that category) tend to...
More Pros than Cons with Cans?
When my two sons were sub-teenagers, I occasionally took them and a couple of their friends backpacking in California’s...
Review: ATK’s Twentieth Anniversary TV Show Cookbook
It was a couple of days after Christmas and I had a hankering to try one of the recipes from the recently published,...
Raising the Bar in Pennsylvania
Some things have changed very little in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster and Lehigh Valley regions, where the countryside remains...
Venturing Beyond the Top Five
Dear fellow American wine drinkers: Can we resolve to bust out of our all-too-familiar wine drinking habits and try some...
Domaine Paul Mas, Pays d’Oc IGP (Languedoc, France) Chardonnay 2019
For a brief moment, this wine tiptoes onto the palate with a light tread, before the flavors explode like a wine...
Dry Creek Vineyard, Sonoma County (California) Zinfandel 2018
Zinfandel is the signature grape for the Dry Creek Valley Appellation. This vintage of “Heritage Vines”...