A Quick Breakdown of from Rioja Crianza to Rioja Gran Reserva
Italy is flush with indigenous grapes that don’t seem to thrive anywhere else. Of these, Lagrein is among my absolute...
Reaffirming Why I Love Rioja in the First Place
... And a Master Class in the Terroir of the Mosel
A Brash, 15.8% Alcohol Zin
What comes to mind when you think of Austria? If you are a wine lover, you’d probably say “Grüner Veltliner,” the...
Sousão. Alvarelhão. Tinta Roriz. Touriga Nacional. Touriga Francesa. Tinta Cão. I didn’t recognize any of these names. They may as well have...
I’m a newcomer to the hobby of wine collecting. My wine fridge has three segments, and the ones on the...
Fall is my favorite season for being in the kitchen. It is all-to-tempting to wax poetic on hazelnuts and pumpkin, pear and sage, or rediscovering...
A Gorgeous Place for Wine to Grow
Some grapes are ex-patriots. They immigrate across oceans, get settled, and find themselves happier in their new home than perhaps they...
Finally: An American Riesling Home Run