I've just returned from New Zealand, where I was lucky enough to attend a Pinot Noir conference in the Central Otago, which,...
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Chilean Wines for the Times
It used to be that when it came to wine, "cheap" and "Chile" were conjoined twins, never separated. Chile has produced wine...
Leon Santoro, RIP
This week I mourn the passing of my good friend Leone Santoro, the Don Quixote of winemakers. Leon, as everyone called him, died...
Five Things to Watch for in 2009
Last year I made several new years resolutions, which for the most part I kept (I could have done much better with the last one...
An American in St. Emilion
Could it be that an American, Stephen Adams, will bridge--and bring together--the two faces of Bordeaux's major Right Bank...
The Return of Traditional Barolos
I just returned from a trip to Piedmont, Italy, and I am happy to report that traditional Barolos are once again in fashion...
Going Local: The Way to a Wine Culture for the USA
There's a good chance that a very promising development on the American wine scene has been sneaking up on you unnoticed: ...
How Women Transformed Champagne
Dom Perignon, step aside. Although the famous monk is often credited with 'inventing' Champagne, in reality, the women of...
Tokaji: Maddeningly Complex, Totally Marvelous
In Hugh Johnson's early edition of The World Atlas of Wine, he sets the mood for a fascinating treatise on Tokaji, one of the...
The Case for Champagne
If you think you are too bummed out by the current economic climate to pony up for a bottle of holiday Champagne this year, I...
End of an Era
Last month, fans of the Garretson Wine Company in Paso Robles were greeted with this news from Mat Garretson on his website:...
Cal-Ital Wines, Where Logic Meets Reality
When you think of it, it makes perfect sense that quite a few California wines are made from Italian varieties. First of all, so...