The wines of Southwest France rarely come to mind, and that’s unfortunate since the region offers a wide variety…
I’m a sucker for a cool-climate Chardonnay. One with notes of apples, pears and minerality, perhaps a hint of citrus,…
Ever been somewhere where the retail wine selection isn’t much more expansive than red, white, and rosé? That describes numerous…
For a change of pace, I invited guest blogger John Bushee of Bristol, Rhode Island to talk about wine and…
I was recently asked to name my favorite wine region, and I didn’t have a ready answer. I’ve visited so…
Was it worth it? No, we’re not talking about the hangover that inevitably follows that last bottle that you swore…
A half-empty bottle of a wine named “History” had been sitting forlornly in the cellar for over a year, daring…
Valpolicella gets a bad rap. If they think of it at all, most people think Valpolicella is a cheap supermarket…
We just spent a couple of weeks in Spain, prowling vineyards and wine cellars and sampling incredible foods. Let’s face…
No, Quercus Petraea wasn’t a Roman emperor – it’s the scientific name for French oak. It was also my excuse…