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
This past winter, I rediscovered Syrah via the red wines of the Northern Rhône River, most notably the barely-in-my-price-range wines...
A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a former colleague and friend, and the subject of traveling around France...
Some styles of wine have a clear echelon of quality, while others require a bit more triangulation to figure out. The...