Rosé naturally comes to mind when thinking of the wines from Provence. But I’m here to tell you that at least...
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Italian American Wine Roots at Virginia’s Barboursville Vineyards
Viticulturist Fernando Franco cares for vines like his children. Driving through the 170-acre vineyard at the expansive...
Bob Mondavi & Associates
It was a heady time for Robert Mondavi. Three years earlier he had built his iconic winery where it could be seen at...
Notre Vue Estates: A Forward View on Wine and Our World
I recently had the pleasure of getting out of the house to do a little wine judging in Sonoma County, and I have to say it was a...
Pinot Gris: Alive and Well in Oregon
Pinot Gris is the second most widely planted variety in Oregon, and after a decade of steady growth, it is the leading white...
What I’ve Been Drinking Lately: A Tale of Three Families in Burgundy
The Côte de Brouilly is one of the four smallest crus of Beaujolais, typically producing less than 20,000 hl of wine per...
At Long Last: Subzone Designations for Chianti Classico
It can be very easy for a wine brand or a region to get a little too obsessed with a particular marketing message, sometimes to...
The ‘Banks’ of Chablis
When wine aficionados talk about “banks” they’re usually either talking about Bordeaux, or perhaps about the...
Niner Wine Estates: The Spirit of a French Domaine on California’s Central Coast
Today’s wine business is an amazingly varied hodgepodge of business models, from tiny, single variety producers to...
Lessons Learned from 100 Days of Tasting Notes
Back on April 1st I signed up for a 100-Days Project. This one was with The Isolation Journals, an online community of...
The “Second Wines” of Bordeaux’s First Growths: Anything but Second Rate
I just returned from Bordeaux, spending the week tasting some of the world's finest wines. I had this great fortune thanks...
Aligoté: Burgundy’s Other White Grape
White Burgundy is made from Chardonnay, right? Well, mostly. There’s another white grape in Bourgogne,...