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Wines of British Columbia: Tough to Find but Worth the Effort
If there’s a wine that doesn’t travel well, it might be the wines of British Columbia. By this, I don’t...
Non-Vintage Champagnes: My Recommendations
Commercial wine production would not exist in the Champagne region of northeast France without Non-Vintage Champagnes. ...
Chilean Wine Through the Lens of Viña Montes
When it comes to Chilean wine, most American consumers have a vague familiarity As one of the leading South American wine...
Wine from the Middle of Nowhere
With California alone producing 89 percent of American wine and Washington and Oregon running 2nd and 3rd in production by...
Oregon’s Chehalem Mountains: A New Refuge from Pinot Mediocrity
Pinot Noir is widely regarded as the preeminent red grape for making wines that covey a sense of place. When well crafted...
Pursuing Pinot Precision: Oregon’s Dundee Hills
One can always stir up a vigorous debate by asking whether Pinot Noir is the world's most noble grape for red wine. But...
Natural Wine: Really?
There has been a lot of talk lately about “natural wine.” What does that term mean? There’s no...
The ‘Cru’ of Soave: Another Attempt to Resurrect the Region
Soave, one of Italy’s great white wines, has an image problem, and, as a result, it gets no respect. Although...
Dom Pérignon: The Incomparable Champagne
Eight years have passed since I wrote my last column on Dom Pérignon for Wine Review Online. After a recent visit two...
Savennières: Consistent Excellence from the Loire
For what is generally considered a uniformly cool-climate area, the Loire Valley can be confusingly diverse in its wine...
Field Notes from Lirac
I’m the road this week in the Rhône Valley, a land that has held sway for me for years ever since I took a road trip...