When drinkers in the United States are asked whether they most often consume wine, beer or liquor, wine now ties beer as the top...
More Hispanics Choose Wine as Favorite Beverage
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Marguerite Thomas
Little Bird
I would go to Portland, Oregon, at least once a year even if we didn’t have good friends who live there. I would go there...
Wine & Book Pairing
Forget food and wine pairing for the moment. Right now it’s time to find the perfect wine partner for the vacation books...
A Votre Sante: In Praise of the French Aperitif
One of the things I most enjoy about being in France is savoring a real French aperitif before dinner. (I’m also...
Quinta dos Murças, Douro (Portugal) 2009
A surprisingly elegant and complex wine for such a relatively low price, this pleasingly dry table wine is made from the...
Herdade do Esporão, Altejano (Portugal) Touriga Nacional 2008
A superb example of how delicious Touriga Nacional can be when it’s handled right, this is a beautifully structured...
Sad News from the Finger Lakes
The most recent edition of the Wine Press, a newsletter from the New York Wine & Grape Foundation, brought the sad news that...
Turning Leaf, California (United States) Merlot 2009
You may be as surprised as I was when I tried this very, very inexpensive wine and found that it tastes very, very...
Rodney Strong, Northern Sonoma (Sonoma County, California) Syrah 2008
Everything about this wine is big, including the amount of drinking pleasure it delivers. With a powerful framework...
Washington’s Whiskey
With the 4th of July soon upon us it seems fitting to pay homage to the first president of our new nation, who deserves our...
At the Edge of Wine Country
I was in charge of planning a week-long, adults-only family vacation. Where to go with relatives who have a passing...
Fill My Glass with Cherubs’ Wings
As most of us know, there is a lot of fantastic wine coming out of Chile these days, but another Chilean libation not to be...