My inbox is overflowing these days with wine suggestions for Valentine's Day — everything from Argentinian Malbec to...
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In Praise of Italian Bubbles
For me, sparkling wine is not just for celebration, and not just for warm weather pleasure. I was recently reminded...
A Tequila Destination in Sonoma Wine Country
I was in Sonoma County a couple of weeks ago as one of the judges in a wine competition. My four-person panel...
Winemaker Challenge III: The Winners
2012 Wine of the Year Gloria Ferrer 2000 Carneros Cuvee, Carneros ($50) 2012 Winery of the Year V. Sattui, Napa Valley Best of...
A New AVA for Fort Ross – Seaview
We’re barely into a new year and already people are anxious to catch no more than a glimpse of the troubled 2011...
On Tap for 2012
One of the remarkable stories in California wine over the past five years has been the steady rise of the Gloria Ferrer...
Robert Whitley’s Producer of the Year
Castello Banfi's Tour de ForceWine of the year is one thing, winery of the year is another. To choose the former, I simply go...
Paul Lukacs’ Winery and Wine of the Year for 2011
WINERY OF THE YEAR: Herdade do Esporão (Alentejo, Portugal) Alentejo (sometimes called the Alentejo) lies south and...
Robert Whitley’s Wine of the Year: 2008 Far Niente Cabernet Sauvignon
The Fabulous Five Creators Syndicate Choosing a wine of the year is not something I take lightly. Over the course of the past 12...
W. Blake Gray’s Wine of the Year
Otium Cellars Loudoun County (Virginia) Dornfelder 2009 ($22) I gave this wine 93 points when I tasted it. I hate to go all...
Michael Franz’s Wine Producer and Wine of the Year for 2011
Wine of the Year: Plantagenet, Great Southern (Western Australia) Chardonnay 2007 ($21, Imported by Old Bridge...
Marguerite Thomas’ Producer and Wine of the Year for 2011
We will run our contributor' picks for Producer and Wine of the Year in this space almost every day as 2011 winds down, so...