Spanish wine producers have been watching the amazing success of Italian Proseccos in the U.S., and are taking action to get a...
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Sustainability: Do We Care?
Pity the poor consumer! Typically faced with a plethora of decisions that have to be made when figuring out which bottle...
Carmenère on the Rise
Vines have been cultivated for winemaking for thousands of years, so we've already identified all of the world's potentially...
A Meeting with Michael Mondavi
Mondavi. It’s a legendary name. In the world of wine it conjures memories of visionary thinkers, charismatic...
The Stunning and Affordable 2010 Bordeaux
Affordable Bordeaux is not an oxymoron. The truth is that, aside from the 60 or so top chateaux, wines from Bordeaux offer...
Hugh Chapelle’s Quest for Excellence at Quivira
When I first became aware of Hugh Chappelle, he was the winemaker at Flowers Vineyard and Winery on the far-west Sonoma...
Alto Adige: Italy’s Northern Gem
Italy is an amazing country in many ways, and this is definitely true when you consider its wines. I am intrigued by how...
Best of Barolo from 2009
Barolo is the greatest wine of Italy, in my considered opinion, and once again this summer, I made a pilgrimage to Alba to taste...
New Mediterranean Wines for Fall
One of the most significant development in grape growing and winemaking over the past twenty-five years has been the emergence...
Education Vacations for Everyone
People who drink wine regularly fall into three broad, occasionally overlapping, categories. The most basic group...
Chilling Red Wines
I had to look twice. On a warm June night in a lively Paris bistro many years ago, diners had bottles of Crozes-Hermitage...
Chianti: Still Tuscany’s Flagship Wine?
A few days ago, a friend asked me, “Are there still any true Chianti wines left?” I told him that there were,...