Over the years, I have come to understand that David Lake's finest wines need time to develop. Sometimes, at large...
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Gonzalez-Byass, Sherry (Spain),
In the wine classes I teach, we discuss the market performance of the types of wines we study--which for Sherry means admitting...
Masi, Rosso del Veronese (Veneto, Italy),
My taste runs to wines that are not very fruity. In the interests of being open-minded and pleasing readers whose tastes...
Joseph Drouhin, Chablis Premier Cru (Burgundy, France) 2004 ($29, Dreyfus, Ashby & Co.)
I love Chablis. Although Chablis wines generally don't have the weight of white Burgundies from the Côte d'Or and they...
Antinori, Toscana (Italy), “Tignanello” 2001 ($70, Remy Amerique)
Winemakers in Tuscany are enthusiastic about their 2001 wines--especially those whose vineyards are in the Chianti Classico...
Ferrari-Carano 2001 Tresor, Alexander Valley (California)
Because I taste hundreds of under-$15 wines each year, when I sit down to a blind tasting of pricier wines, I'm prepared to be...
Shaw & Smith, Adelaide Hills (South Australia) Chardonnay M3 Vineyard 2003 ($34, Vintus Imports)
I have often seriously considered joining the "Anything But..." club--but then I taste a Chardonnay of such refinement and...
Château Lagrezette, Cahors (Southwestern France), Malbec, 2001 & 2002 (Martin Scott Wines, $25)
I faced a wine lover's dream dilemma: which of two good vintages of a favorite wine would be better? This question is...
Alpha Estate, Regional Wine of Florina (Macedonia, Greece) 2003 ($35, Diamond Importers)
I set off on my Greek wine odyssey expecting to find good wines, far better than most people might expect from Greece. And...
Castello Banfi, Rosso di Montalcino (Tuscany, Italy) 2002 (Banfi Vintners, $24)
Increasingly, I feel that ambition is a cardinal sin in Italian winemaking. Producers in Chianti Classico, for example, have...
Domaine du Tremblay, Quincy (Loire Valley, France) 2004
This wine delights me in two ways. First, it's a Quincy (a Sauvignon Blanc-based wine from a tiny district in the central...
The Eyrie Vineyards, Willamette Valley (Oregon) Pinot Gris 2003, $15
I have always loved a good Pinot Gris, and I have admired David Lett, owner-winemaker of The Eyrie Vineyards in Oregon, for as...