Mary Ewing-Mulligan, Contributor

Nickel & Nickel, Oakville-Napa Valley (California) Rock Cairn Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 ($80)

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | November 7, 2006

I first tasted the wines of Nickel & Nickel in 2000, when the winery’s inaugural vintage, 1997, was released. I...

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | November 6, 2006

I’m at a Novotel hotel in London, planning to have an embarrassingly early dinner so that I can recover from...

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | October 24, 2006

Wineries situated in Mendocino County tend to be overlooked by many critics and wine lovers, perhaps because they are far...

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | October 9, 2006

When I taste Clos de los Siete, I can imagine that I am experiencing the infancy of a new grand...

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | September 26, 2006

How very good Italian white wines have become! Never before have there been so many wines with real flavor and...

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | September 12, 2006

Give me the choice of Merlot or another red wine from the same producer, and I will usually choose the...

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | August 28, 2006

When my husband, Ed, and I adopted a black cat recently and decided to name him in honor of Pinot...

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | August 15, 2006

When the temperature soars and the menu grows lighter, this Riesling becomes one of my favorite wines to drink. Notice...

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan | August 1, 2006

The dozens of wineries that debut each year in California all have interesting stories behind them, but Alma Rosa’s story...

Summertime, and the living is easy. A salad, grilled fish marinated in soy sauce, ginger and garlic, an inexpensive white...

While it’s true that some of California’s finest red wines are made in very small quantities, and that the market...

I dislike many wines from the 2003 vintage because that hot and dry year in Europe produced overly big wines...