Applications have been filed for the establishment of four new AVAs in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Two of the...
Windblown Vineyard Benefits
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Holiday Gifts for Wine Lovers
The obvious choice for gifts for your wine loving friends this holiday season is a bottle—or two—of wine. ...
Dutton Ranch: Diverse and Delicious
Over fifty years ago Warren Dutton planted the first of many vineyards in the Russian River Valley, giving birth to Dutton Ranch...
From Sting and Family: More than Another Celebrity Wine
What do you do when you, a world-famous writer and singer of songs, and your wife, an actress, movie director and producer, are...
Tuscany’s Maremma: Italy’s Wild West, in More Ways Than One
Despite being home to Ornellaia, Sassicaia, Grattamacco, and Masseto, some of Italy’s most expensive and sought-after...
The Alto Piemonte
Nebbiolo is one of the greatest red wine grape varieties in the world. Wines made from Nebbiolo can be found in various...
Older Wines: Risk and Reward
Anyone with even a passing interest in wine has no doubt heard that “fine” wine improves with age. I emphasize the...
Wine’s Homogenization: A Brief History
Wine today is radically different from wine in the past. Not just the distant past, the wines that the Greeks or Romans or...
Age Matters
Winegrowers around the world speak lovingly of old vines. Though the definition is never official, nor even clear, many bottles...
Champagnes to Check Out
Although I have been buying and writing about all sorts of wines throughout my life--and I certainly own enough wines to last...
Alluvial Expressions: Rivers, Vines and Wines
When it comes to the geography of wine, rivers are among the most important factors. Rivers throughout Europe define wine...
The Spottswoode Story
On a recent tour of Southern California with longtime winemaker Aron Weinkauf in tow, Spottswoode's Beth Novak Milliken...