Dutton-Goldfield, in California’s Sonoma County, began making wines from grapes in the cooler vineyards of northern...
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Umani Ronchi, a Dynamic Winery in Eastern Italy
As we prepare for Thanksgiving, many of us are searching out good, but different wines that will not break the bank. Italy...
ViƱa Los Vascos: Great Value Chilean Wines with a French Accent
Among the Spanish immigrants that settled in Chile during the 18th an 19th centuries were the Basques. The Echenique...
Great Dry White Wines from France
A few weeks ago, I drank a magnificent white French wine that I had not tasted or known about before (more about this wine...
The Scientific Low-Down on High Alcohol Wines
“Officer, the Breathalyzer must be wrong. I only drank two glasses of Chardonnay,” the young woman...
Raising the Bar in Pennsylvania
Some things have changed very little in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster and Lehigh Valley regions, where the countryside remains...
Review: ATK’s Twentieth Anniversary TV Show Cookbook
It was a couple of days after Christmas and I had a hankering to try one of the recipes from the recently published,...
More Pros than Cons with Cans?
When my two sons were sub-teenagers, I occasionally took them and a couple of their friends backpacking in California’s...
Venturing Beyond the Top Five
Dear fellow American wine drinkers: Can we resolve to bust out of our all-too-familiar wine drinking habits and try some...
Getting Out of the Rut
There are probably many reasons why people who drink wine regularly (and I certainly include myself in that category) tend to...
News Flash: Underpriced, Classy Bordeaux Found in Castillon
Taking a risk despite Covid-19 to travel to Bordeaux for articles recently published in wine-searcher about the 2018 vintage and...
Newly Designated Cassification Keeps Soave in Focus
My first visit to Soave in 2013 brought me to Coffele Vintners, whose wines – made from lower yields and careful attention...