Last week, the Wine Media Guild, a wine writers’ group in New York, enjoyed their Holiday tasting/luncheon accompanied by...
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Save the Wine for Holiday Dinners, Letting the Cocktails Lead the Show
As a wine and food writer, I’m often asked for the best wines to pair with just about anything. From specific meals...
Colorado Winemaking Gets Serious
Colorado is a notoriously welcoming state for skiers and snowboarders, for hikers, bikers, kayakers, bird watchers, and outdoor...
John Jordan Remains True to His Roots
You could say John Jordan was born into the wine business, although he spent most of his adult life avoiding it. His parents,...
How Women Transformed Champagne
Dom Perignon, step aside. Although that monk is often credited with “inventing” Champagne, in reality, the women of...
All Smiles in Burgundy
There were smiles all around Burgundy--at least before the horrific events in Paris on Friday, November 13. And with good...
Three Sources for Exemplary New World Chardonnay
This has been a year of discovery, but then every year, every day, I learn something new about wine. I was particularly...
Bella Union: Another Chapter in the Far Niente Saga
Far Niente Winery, always into innovation and creating new wineries, has recently opened Bella Union Winery in Rutherford, Napa...
Globalization and ‘Terroir’
A focus on “terroir”--the idea, not the dirt--has been a perhaps inevitable response to wine’s ongoing...
Hitting the Sweet Spot
There is a widely quoted statistic that about 75 percent of all Champagne consumption in the United States occurs in the final...
A River Runs Through It: Exploring the Range of Fluvial & Alluvial Influences on Vineyards
Wine folk are fond of making definitive pronouncements about specific soil types, as if the meaning of the term is self-evident....
Collio: Italy’s Best Region for White Wines
Italy’s best region for white wines is the small but superb Collio district of Friuli. I have no doubt that others...