For a moment, think of the wine inside a bottle as a story. As you drink it, it has a progression:...
Autumn is probably my favorite time of year to uncork wine. The heat of summer slowly begins to dissipate, creating opportunities...
Buying solely on curiosity, I picked up a bottle of Rojac Istra Refošk at the Wine Cellars of Stapleton a few weeks...
Here’s a ridiculously complicated, nuanced topic I could never cover in a single blog post: Pinot Noir from Burgundy vs....
They did it again, those winemaking monks of Abbazia di Novacella. After tasting their Schiava, Lagrein and Pinot Grigio (the latter...
Back in April, I wrote about the Zenato family of Veneto’s Valpolicella region, and how their “baby Amarone” (my words,...
These Wines from Hacienda Araucano
A conversation with Luca Currado on Piedmont's "White Nebbiolo"
Old World and New World. In other words, Europe and Everybody Else: they’re essentially the two kingdoms of wine taste and everybody...
Ahh, the 100-point system for scoring wine. Is there a taller lightning rod in wine circles than its ubiquity and...
As much as we talk about terroir, it is hard to find. Not here.
The Dark Beast of Italian Wine