The hot and muggy days of summer call for zippy refreshing wines. While many people reach for rosés at this time of...
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Searching for the Terroir of Gin in the Scottish Highlands
A few years ago, while on a Scotch-drinking tour of the Highlands, I paused for a few hours to contemplate a white liquid with...
“Small Cans. Big Flavors”
Until recently, canned wine was a category not really meant to be taken seriously by true wine lovers. The rash of...
With 2022 in the Barrel, Andrea Calderon Heads North to Discuss Wines of Chile
Summertime up here in the Northern Hemisphere – Grapes are beginning to look exuberant teenagers, and winegrowers in this...
No Corkscrew Required: Really Good Boxed Wine
Boxed wine is no newcomer to the wine scene, but innovators like Jake Whitman, Founder, and CEO of Really Good Boxed Wine, have...
Shut Up and Drink Your Pinot Noir!
I love sitting down with a winemaker and tasting her wines, but only because opening bottles and filling glasses gives her...
Bells Up: A Tiny New Oregon Estate
With only a 600-case annual total production, Bells Up is tiny, but their wines tell me their imprint will be huge. Bells...
Hello Darkness
“Hello Darkness My Old Friend. This is the taste of Black Velvet profile. Unique. Complex. ...
Welcoming Roger Morris to Wine Review Online
Along with my colleagues at Wine Review Online, I’m delighted to welcome Roger Morris to our ranks. Roger is a...
Good Rule: No Complaining, but Especially not in Spain
Life always furnishes sufficient reason to complain, I suppose, but in a larger sense, complaining is quite unbecoming when...
Welcoming Vince Simmon to Wine Review Online
Along with my colleagues at Wine Review Online, I’m delighted to welcome Vince Simmon to our ranks. He’s...
Been a While, But Duckhorn’s Straight Napa Merlot is Wicked Good
Duckhorn Vineyards (Napa Valley, California) Merlot 2018 ($58): Having somehow fallen out of favor with those running the...