If I needed any convincing—and I did not—that Bichot, the venerable Beaune-based Burgundy négoçiant,...
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Insanely Delicious Pinots from…Germany
If the current state of the world has you filled with foreboding, you could chalk up the arrival of fabulous Pinot Noir from...
Varietal Madness Today
Varietal identification--the classification of wines by grape--has been one of the most important developments in the world of...
Pandemic Cooking: A Passion for Mushrooms, with Wines to Match
As the days of Coronavirus stretched into weeks and now months, some of my friends and colleagues report that their relationship...
Tempranillo Goes Boom
Researchers at the University of Adelaide published the first comprehensive database of the world's wine grapes and regions a...
Zinfandel: The American Red Wine
Yes, Zinfandel’s ancestors did come from southern Europe. But in its present form, Zinfandel is truly an American...
Grüner in Oregon’s Umpqua – and More!
My first view of the Umpqua Valley was as a geology student decades ago. The complex geology of the Umpqua, as it flows...
Vilafonté: Partnership in South African Excellence
Vilafonté is the name of a South African wine created by Zelma Long, Dr. Phil Freese of California and Michael Ratcliff...
Believe It: High-Quality Wine from Japan
Last October I made my second trip to Japan. Previously I had not had the opportunity to taste more than a glass or two of...
King of Cornas
Unlike many of the winemaking elites of the French wine industry, Jean-Luc Colombo was not born into the business. While growing...
Where the Values Are
Value in wine is a two-headed coin. One is economic, the other aesthetic. Each depicts something different, and each...
Bordeaux 2017: Weathering the Storm
Editor's Note: This column, the first of two on the 2017 vintage in Bordeaux, first appeared almost two years ago during the...