Ernst Loosen: Allegra, Adante and Fortissimo
“I love Riesling and Pinot Noir with some age,” Ernst Loosen says on the other side of our Zoom screen. ...
Read More Roger Morris
The Two Petits Find a Home on the East Coast
What are the chances that a secondary Bordeaux grape, one which seldom gets any attention except for being a small...
Read More 
From Wine in a Paper Bag to Wine in a Paper Bottle
The first wine I ever tasted came in a paper bag. A neighbor in a pickup truck was driving up...
Read More 
Graham’s Bicentenary: Evolution of Tradition
It was a little over 20 years ago that I first visited Port producers in the Duoro Valley, and, after...
Read More 
Jumping into a Tolpuddle with Both Feet
I sometimes have the morbid thought that today’s winery owners and winemakers all wish, upon their final departure to that...
Read More 
Mystery Wines: An Exercise in Seductive Reasoning
What do Sherlock Holmes and Malcolm Gladwell have in common? Answer: The fictional British detective and the American journalist-cum-philosopher share...
Read More 
Kajani & The Clones
How often do you get to taste bottles of finished wines which are available to consumers that feature individual clones...
Read More 
Côte de Kiwi: Steve Smith Sees a Future for Fine Burgundies – Made in New Zealand
Steve Smith is much too modest to say it or perhaps even to think it. And may not be happy...
Read More 
The Double Lives of Philippe Bascaules
To be named estate director at any one of the world’s greatest wineries would be, for most winemakers, a lifetime...
Read More 
Bob Mondavi & Associates
It was a heady time for Robert Mondavi. Three years earlier he had built his iconic winery where it could...
Read More - « Previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next »