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Summer Sipping Made Simple
It's official. Summertime has started and with that comes al fresco living. From the unmistakable sizzle of food on...
Rhymes with Pinot: Mendocino
The hunt for America's most intriguing Pinot Noir continues. This time 'round, Mendocino County is the search...
Sotiris Bafitis: Bringing Great Greeks to the USA
What is the most important development for wine lovers in American wine during the past five years? Not direct shipping...
It Takes a Noble Grape to Make a Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano exemplifies the confusion surrounding Italian wine labels. This wine's meteoric increase in...
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars: Bottling the Test of Time
Oh la la. Thirty years after California wines trounced top French Bordeaux in what has become known as the Judgment of...
A Second Judgment of Paris: California Ascendent Again
Two weeks ago, wine merchant Stephen Spurrier and his partner Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher commemorated their famous "Judgment of...
The Incredible Importance of the Wine Glass
A section in my "Wine for Dummies" book has the heading, "Does the Glass Really Matter"? For me, this is one of the most...
Ramos Pinto: A Port Paragon
In today's fast-paced, high-tech wine world, the low-tech serenity of Portugal's remote Douro River Valley is an intriguing...
The Other Bordeaux: Affordable, Aromatic Whites of Entre Deux Mers
I've started to think that as a region, Bordeaux is done no favors by the fawning attention given its great classified growths....
The Buzz on Biodynamics
Can a buried cow horn packed with manure help make better wine? What about a piece of bovine intestine loaded with...
Spring Mountain: High-End Napa
Making sense of the mountain maze that holds the Napa Valley together can be a bit of a puzzle. The eastern ridges are...