On a rainy day in June 2013, my wife and I drove into Philo, California after a swing through the Navarro...
So now that we’ve gone over a few guidelines for buying Thanksgiving wine, I may as well offer some recommendations. I think the...
With Thanksgiving coming up, you might have a checklist that looks something like this: ✓ Buy a turkey ✓ Wash...
When a wine is great, it can slip through your fingers, making description a real struggle. On back-to-back weekends, I...
When I started Opening a Bottle last year, I didn’t realize that I would get the chance to meet so many...
Featuring A Super Super Tuscan: Aia Vecchia's Sor Ugo
The best wine of 2015 ... bar none.
At certain times, I come across too many good wines at once, and my writing can’t keep up. So before...
I’m at a point in my Nebbiolo-drinking career where I honestly can’t say whether I prefer Barbaresco and Barolo more than the...
We sat down in the backyard around an unlit fireplace with a faint whisper of an autumn wind in the air....
Over the weekend, we invited a group of friends to our home to partake in a Spanish wine tasting. It was...
Can an affordable wine be a “fine wine?” The answer is “of course, silly head.” But us wine geeks often fail to...