For me, this is the toughest of all commonly asked consumer questions about wine. That is to say, this is the toughest one...
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Wine Fraud: More Common Than You’d Think
The mother of all wine frauds belongs to Rudi Kurniawan, who was convicted in federal court in 2013 and sentenced to 10 years in...
Affordable White Burgundies
I find it extraordinary that, after collecting wines all of my adult life, I still feel the need to buy more wines. ...
Savigny-les-Beaune: Strong Value in an Otherwise Pricey Region
Beaune is the obvious place to stay when visiting Burgundy, home to plenty of guesthouses and restaurants and easily navigable...
Wink Lorch Debunks Misunderstandings of the Jura
Make no mistake, when it comes to the Jura, Wink Lorch is an expert. The British ex-pat has spent the latter part of her career...
Viña Vik: A Dream Coming True in Chile
Alexander Vik had a dream: To create the best wine in South America. He is a citizen of Norway, graduate of Harvard,...
Robert Mondavi: The Father of California Wine
No one is more responsible for the success of the California wine industry than Robert Mondavi. This year marks the 50th...
A Wine Quiz for the Dog Days of Summer
It’s a lazy, late-summer day, too hot for reading some long drawn-out essay about wine, right? Instead, I urge you...
Personal Wine Collecting Tips
I have the collecting gene. As a boy, I collected stamps, coins, baseball cards, etc., during various phases of my...
Thinking Taste
I have a neighbor who will drink only red wine. White wines don’t give him headaches or cause him digestive...
Wine in the Heartland – Investigating the new Loess Hills District AVA
Iowa, although famous for agriculture, is not known for wine production. Amidst the profusion of corn and soybean fields,...
The Mystery of Wine Prices
A headline in a local fish wrap recently caught my eye: "Why wine costs what it does." Ah, the mystery of wine....