Dinner at the two-star Michelin Alain Ducasse Le Meurice in Paris at the hotel bearing the same name last month not only yielded...
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2019 Burgundies: A Mixed Bag
While consistency is rarely a word used when describing Burgundies, the 2019 Burgundies present the consumer with an even...
Sicilia DOC: Diversity and Value
After almost two years of having my travel opportunities limited to my home state of California, I jumped at the chance to slide...
Exciting, Delicious Wines from Tenerife, Canary Islands
Tenerife is the largest of seven islands that make up Spain’s Canary Islands, an archipelago nearly 537 miles off the...
Lanzarote: Vinous Wonderland in the Canary Islands
My husband and I traveled to the Canary Islands in September to learn about their wines. The first thing we learned was...
Spain’s Best Kept Secrets: The Winemakers and Regions of Tomorrow
Rioja is typically at the forefront of Spanish wine understanding and sales. However, I'd like to cast the net further...
Bodegas San Román: Improving Upon Excellence
A recent tasting of the wines from Bodegas y Vinedos San Roman provided an object lesson in the fact that even the world's best...
Drouhin’s Clos des Mouches Blanc: Created by an Act of God
Drouhin’s Clos des Mouches Blanc is a rarity in the appellation of Beaune, where 86 percent of the appellation’s...
Mead Me in St. Louis
Last week I went to St. Louis for a mead competition, partly for the brilliant pun possibilities, but really because of a few...
Outliers, Mavericks & Free Spirits
There’s been a whole lot of thinking and re-thinking brought about by being sheltered in place, working out of your home,...
What I’ve Been Drinking Lately: The Age of ‘Hot Vintages’
At Cape Cod in August and drinking mostly young, French wines, I was struck again and again by how often the first words that...
Wine and…Headaches
Some people believe that the sulfites in wine give them a headache. It’s true that there are those who get headaches...