The 2008 Burgundies are like the athletic sister of the prom queen. All over France, wineries are hailing 2009 as a great...
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Chianti Classico at the Crossroads
Chianti is Italy’s most famous wine, and Chianti Classico is, by general consensus, its best Chianti. The region,...
Affordable Icon: d’Arenberg’s d’Arry’s Original
There are a few wine grapes that over time have been supporting players more than stars on the world stage of wine. Malbec...
Regional Diversity in Australian Wine, Part 2
John Larchet, an importer of Australian wines, and Bob Harkey, a wine retailer, both expressed the same troubling idea about...
Brunello di Montalcino 2.0
In preparation for my attendance at Benvenuto Brunello, the annual tasting of the newly released 2005 Brunello di Montalcino,...
The Time Has Come for Portuguese Wines
Portuguese table wines, red and white, have been on the brink of making a breakthrough in the U.S. market for many years now,...
Price, Not Quality, the Back Story at Bordeaux Primeurs
On the off chance you haven’t heard, our good friends in Bordeaux have experienced another vintage of the century. At...
The Other Burgundy, Part II
The French call it “Bourgogne” while the rest of the wine world refers to the province in eastern France as...
Manchuela, or Mushrooms After A Rain
One of the great things about wine is how new areas appear or spring up seemingly overnight--almost like mushrooms after a...
Iconic Italian White Wines
Thirty years ago, I couldn’t have written this column. There were no great Italian white wines. We were just...
Doing the Right Thing
We’ve had this discussion before about Cabernet Franc. I’m in the camp that holds Franc has untapped potential to...
The Other Burgundy, Part I
What comes to mind when you hear someone mention Burgundy wines? Most serious wine drinkers automatically think Côte...