Wayne Belding, Author at Wine Review Online

The Columbia River Basalts: Creating the Terroir of the Pacific Northwest

by Wayne Belding | July 10, 2024

The study of wine is often interwoven with the study of geology. Understanding differences between vineyard sites necessarily involves assessing...

The Palouse: A Unique Terroir

by Wayne Belding | May 29, 2024

"The region is unique….Let the observer take the wings of the morning to the uttermost parts of the earth: He...

The Arroyo Seco AVA: Alluvial Forces on Display

by Wayne Belding | April 17, 2024

There are approximately 150 American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) in California. Some, like Napa Valley, are very well known to people...

Revisiting Bordeaux Wines

by Wayne Belding | March 15, 2024

“Unbeatable quality, indisputably aristocratic. Ludicrously unfashionable.” Those words were written in 1986 by Jancis Robinson in her seminal work Vines,...

Wine Resolutions for the New Year

by Wayne Belding | January 3, 2024

With the advent of the new year, one’s thoughts often turn to resolutions for the coming months. For those with...

Wine Regions of the West: Idaho Wine Country

by Wayne Belding | November 8, 2023

When people think of wine destinations in the United States, they consider sites in California, Oregon, Washington and maybe New...

Tawny Pleasures

by Wayne Belding | August 30, 2023

The world of Port wine changes slowly, but there have been a few modifications of the long-standing Port offerings we...

Granite in the Wine World

by Wayne Belding | July 26, 2023

As students of wine, we often investigate famous soil types of the world’s vineyards. Along with limestone and schist, granite...

A Journey to Fennville: Exploring an Unknown AVA

by Wayne Belding | June 25, 2023

Let’s start with a United States AVA trivia quiz (answers are at the end of the column): In which state...

The Hydrologic Cycle Illustrated

by Wayne Belding | May 10, 2023

Loire Valley, Rhône Valley, Vallée de la Marne, Mosel Valley, Barossa Valley, Hunter Valley, Douro Valley, Napa Valley, Russian River...

Taking Time to Smell the Rosés

by Wayne Belding | April 5, 2023

The wine world is awash in pink wine these days. Rosé, Rosato, Rosado, Clarete, Chiaretto, Cerasuolo, Vin Gris – these...

An Overview of the 2020 Bordeaux Vintage

by Wayne Belding | February 8, 2023

I recently had the privilege of attending a tasting of the 2020 Bordeaux vintage sponsored by the Union des Grands...