Although my predictions lack the consistency of Nate Silver’s, I will stick my neck out and say that Portuguese wines will...
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Heat Wave: Striking Successes from Barolo in 2011
Virtually every serious taster of Nebbiolo-based wines from Piedmont praised the 2010 vintage in Barolo to the heavens. ...
Ninety-Nine Bottles of Barolo
You read that right. Not “ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall,” but ninety-nine bottles of Barolo. ...
Two Great Champagne Houses: Gosset and Henriot
While I was teaching--in an earlier life--I used to work part-time in a local wine shop, to feed my growing passion for...
The Remarkable Life of Wine Legend Peter Sichel
Peter Sichel was born into the wine business that his family established in 1857. However, he didn’t get into the...
Tyranny or Anarchy?
No, I’m not talking about the current political situation here. It’s food and wine pairing that’s caught my...
Revisiting the Paris Tasting
It was forty years ago this month that a group of French wine experts misidentified a set of California Cabernets and...
Carmignano: The Original Super Tuscan
No doubt the producers in Carmignano, the smallest DOCG of Tuscany and located just northwest of Florence, bristle when they...
When Continents Collide: How Wines are Affected by Plate Tectonics
The wines of Santorini have become rather well known in wine circles over the past decade. The best Santorini whites of...
Heitz Cellar’s Martha’s Vineyard Cabernet: A California Icon
The term “Icon” is badly over-used nowadays--in the wine world and elsewhere. But the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon...
On the Rise: Terrasses du Larzac
The Languedoc--long France’s capital of cheap and cheerful bistro wines--is a going to great efforts to redefine itself,...
Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte a Lifestyle Juggernaut
BORDEAUX, France — When Daniel and Florence Cathiard first laid eyes on Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte more than a...