For no particularly good reason, I hadn’t tasted Étoile, a non-vintage Brut and one of Chandon’s...

Michael Franz, my friend and colleague at Wine Review Online, Michael has extolled the virtues of the “Killer...

Michael Franz, my friend and colleague at Wine Review Online, Michael was extolled the virtues of the “Killer...

I just finished judging at the 8th Critics Challenge International Wine Competition in San Diego.  There were 60 excellent...

Despite the movement away from rich buttery Chardonnay, Chablis, home to the original unoaked Chardonnay, remains...

A wine I had with dinner last week, 2008 Faiveley Bourgogne Rouge (about $20), reminded me of the perils of assessing young...

Axel Heinz, winemaker for Ornellaia, was in Boston last week showing the newly released 2008 Ornellaia and its second wine, Le...

I’ve loved the 2009 red Burgundies since the first time I tasted them from barrel in November of that year.  With...

 Today’s wine market is very volatile, so much so that there seems to be some confusion among those who report on...

Communicating through the ether is a wondrous thing.  Without the marvels of e-mail, a news release about some...

 Astute observers of today’s wobbly wine market know that the wines selling best are those priced $20 and...