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I’ve tasted with hundreds of different glasses over the course of 25+ years as a wine reviewer, so a new glass needs to be...

 To hold the bottle of wine I’d randomly picked up in my cellar a couple of days ago or — what the hell —...

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 The American wine consumer, once reluctant to drink pink wine, long ago abandoned the silly myth that pink equals...

 Recently Merry Edwards posted pictures of her final day at the Merry Edwards Winery, which the legendary winemaker founded...

Wine Review Online reader Mike McGowan recently sent me a nice note indicating that he’d benefitted from a column I posted...

I started writing about wine more than 25 years ago for The Washington Post, and over this span I have seen my colleagues write...

Although there are many excellent options for sparkling winess — Champagne, Cava, Prosecco, Cremant, domestic sparkling,...

Like most wine enthusiasts, I am fond of wines with a good story.  Of course, they must taste good, too.  Yet there is...

  If you find it useful when someone suggests a specific food to pair with a specific wine, you aren't alone.  I...

Henri Badoux (Chablais AOC, Vaud, Switzerland) Aigle les Murailles 2017 ($28, Dreyfus Ashby & Co.):  Have you made your...