In trying to understand 2018 in Bordeaux, some have been focusing on the balance between acidity and alcohol. You could...
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Barolo 2015 Vol. I: Communes of La Morra, Barolo, Verduno and Roddi
The 2015 vintage in many European appellations was all about promise or peril--or both, as turns out to be the case in...
Guigal: The Birth of a Star in Châteauneuf-du-Pape
It’s rare for a winery to go from nothing to the top in its category quickly. Bordeaux’s premier...
Wines to Savor in Spring
Spring, wrote Shakespeare, “hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” When young, we dress, exercise, work,...
Pinot Grigio and Marco Felluga
Pinot Grigio is the largest-selling imported wine in the United States. In many restaurants and bars, it has even replaced...
Rum: One of the World’s ‘Other’ Fine Drinks
During the first few days of March, when the East Coast is likely to be hit by the worst sort of late-winter weather, my husband...
Tracking the Wines and Rocks of the ‘Garden of France’
There is no better source of thirst-slaking wines than France's Loire Valley. The wines from this extensive region are...
Bordeaux 2018: First Impressions
BORDEAUX, France – In an annual rite of spring, thousands of wine merchants and dozens, if not hundreds, of wine...
Savoie: Fruit of the Alps
We’re now in the twilight of ski season (if you’re into that sort of thing), and many end-of-year diehards are...
Chianti Classico: The Tale of Two Vintages
Consumers are lucky and should be thrilled that there are two stunning vintages, the 2015 and 2016, of Chianti Classico on...
Keys to Excellence at Louis Roederer
Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon is the Winemaker and Executive Vice-President of Production for the venerable Champagne house of...
Dry Creek Vineyard Introduces New Wines
During the 1970s, California began opening many new wineries. The wine boom in California that began in the mid-1960s...