It has been centuries since residents of the walled Tuscan city of Montalcino have had to worry about barbarians at the gates....
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Memo from the Dark Side: In Defense of the 100-Point Scale
Exactly five years have passed since we launched Wine Review Online, making this seem like a good time for a bit of...
Riesling: America’s Favorite Wine Grape?
It’s not of course. Chardonnay still holds that position. But to listen to wine professionals, it should...
My Search for the Perfect Wine Glass
Admittedly, I am a fanatic when it comes to wine glasses. On more than one occasion, I’ve brought my own wine...
The Queen of Pinot
Merry Edwards has been called the Queen of Pinot (Reine de Pinot) and with good reason. Edwards, a veteran California...
Ornellaia: An Italian Icon, Part 2
As Axel Heinz, the winemaker at Ornellaia, pointed out, luck played a role in Ornellaia’s success. It was lucky that...
The Lord of the Vines
Four years ago, one of the world’s great winemakers passed away at the age of 72, but few wine drinkers except a handful...
Vintage 2009 a Bordeaux Classic
Legend most likely will perpetuate the myth that the harvest of 2009 smiled on Bordeaux with sunny skies and ideal conditions,...
Stars Align for Piedmont
In a time when the news is pretty grim on many fronts, it is especially pleasant to point to something wonderful that is...
Ornellaia: An Italian Icon
“It was luck,” according to Axel Heinz, the winemaker at Ornellaia, that accounted for the extraordinarily rapid...
Verdejo from Rueda: Spain’s Best White?
A key aspect of the amazing renaissance in Spanish wine during the past 15 years has been the emergence of world-class white...
Spring Whites
With bright sunshine and temperatures flirting with 80 degrees here in the Northeast, it’s time to put parkas and boots...