If the doom-sayers are correct and we’re all in big trouble due to climate change, then we might as well have a giant...
The Nebbiolo Prima Tastings: Roero and Barbaresco
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Michael Franz
Tracking Spain’s Elusive Tempranillo
The remarkable recent renaissance of Spanish wine has intensified worldwide interest in Spain's most famous red grape: ...
WRO’s Gerald Boyd Inducted into Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame
The Wine Media Guild has voted Gerald Boyd into its Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame. Only 23 wine writers have been...
An Impressive Showing for South African Chenin
If you attend enough wine tastings and seminars, it becomes pretty clear that all winemakers everywhere think that their wines...
San Fabiano, Chianti (Tuscany, Italy) 2008
The highest quality designation in Italian wine law is DOCG, short for Denominazione di Origine Controllata e...
Can the Tie for Father’s Day. Daddy Wants Port!
I don’t know your father, but being one myself, I can say with strong assurance that he does not want the things that you...
Barolo and Barbaresco vs. Burgundy
If you’ve been following this space during the past couple of weeks, you’ve seen my assertion that Barolo and...
Tardieu-Laurent, Crozes-Hermitage (Rhône, France) 2008
Appropriately firm and focused, this is top-class Syrah from the steeply sloped portion of the appellation. Rich but...
Tardieu-Laurent, Vacqueras (Rhône, France) 2008
Five different growers provided the fruit for this old-vine bottling, which is blended from 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah...
Crisp Whites New Niche for Chile
If you ask most wine lovers around the word to draw a mental picture of wine from Chile, they’ll see red. ...
Prats & Symington, Douro (Portugal) 2008
This is one of three terrific wines from the Bordeaux-meets-Douro partnership of Prats & Symington, each of which...
Down for the Count: Burgundy Felled by Killer Bees
There’s an old saying for contests that have degraded into mismatches: “If it were a fight, they’d have...