Seems like everyone's taking the opportunity in these last few weeks of summer to cram in a column about white wines. Eric...
Stocking the Cellar for Kickoff
I may not be your average American football fan. I don't spend my autumn weekends camped in front of the TV chugging a beer as I...
Prime Beef, Prime Wine, Prime Problem
I'm puzzled. A report in the Orlando Sentinel explains menu changes and price reductions at Ruth's Chris steak houses across the...
Mainstreaming Franc and Blanc
Over the years I’ve come to admire a number of grape varieties that I will charitably describe as out of the mainstream....
Sommelier Challenge, A New Wine Competition
Call me crazy, but I've recently launched a new wine competition, my fourth. I know, there are too many wine competitions...
Roaming The Languedoc
ALZONNE, France — The final leg of my summer's journey through the wine world takes me to a renovated farming estate in...
Vacationing Where the Food Is Great and the Wine Cheap
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — I have only checked into the Maria Cristina a few minutes ago and am already bellied up to the...
Dutton Goldfield Pinots Make My Day
It's not every day that I sit down to a mountain of wines for tasting and evaluation and get up two hours later wishing there...
Wine Review Online Launches Wine Club
Today is a big day at Wine Review Online because it marks the "official" debut of our wine club in partnership with JV...
Critics Challenge Judges Have Spoken, and We Have It!
It's been a long hard slog since the final vote was cast and the Clayhouse Petite Sirah was named Wine of the Year at the sixth...
Clayhouse Petite the Critics’ Choice
The vote for Wine of the Year is the high point at the end of the long Critics Challenge International Wine Competition weekend....
Ventana Chalks Up More Impressive Triumphs
It would be impossible to separate the meteoric rise of Monterey County viticulture from the evolution of Ventana Vineyards as...