Everyone knows Bordeaux, right? After all, it’s France’s largest wine region, producing about 60 million bottles annually. Some of the…
Many grapes flourish in their native environments but flounder elsewhere. For example, Nebbiolo can be spectacular in Italy’s Piedmont but…
It’s time for the willing suspension of disbelief. Let’s say that you’re leaving town for a while and want to…
All too often we confine ourselves to familiar wines from familiar appellations. We’re awash in Napa Cabs, Willamette Valley Pinots…
The Burgundians have a unique way of doing things. For example, some villages have appended the name of their most…
No wine has a closer association with the Fourth of July, and early American history, than Madeira. The Founding Fathers…
We often think of Italian white wines as bland and uninteresting, but the Piedmont region produces a really nice white…
Today we’ll explore the intersection of two of my passions: wine and writing. The wine part should be obvious. As…
Provence is not all about rosé. Sure, most of its wine is pale, light-bodied rosé, perfect for summer sipping, but…
Acid in wine, that can’t be a good thing, right? Well, it turns out that you can’t make a good…