Summer white wines: Good values from Domaines Paul Mas
Having plenty of tasty, good-value sparkling and white wines makes your summer parties festive and your pocketbook happy, too. Jean-Claude Mas is the fourth generation
Sensual, summery red wines for $10 or less
La Vieille Ferme is like the well-dressed and best-mannered youngest child of a noble family. Everyone focuses on the ranking and powerful member Chateau de
Fourth of July entertaining: Madeira, the drink of our Founding Fathers
Tomorrow is our national birthday. Our Founding Fathers and colonial citizens would surely have celebrated it with a glass or two of Madeira. You should
Chilean wine with the soul of Bordeaux
Don Melchor is one of the best made and least known red wines. In 1883, Don Melchor Concha y Toro, the founder of Chile’s largest
Light summer wines from Crete’s blazing hills
A few weeks ago, I bridged Greece’s ancient wine history with its modern winemaking in Crete. Along with being the foundation of Western civilization, Greece
Three countries, three stand-out rosés
I love rosé wine in summer — still or sparkling, New World or Old. I prefer my rosé to be translucent. The light color sends
Forget Nouveau, focus on Beaujolais from Dominique Piron
Beaujolais is assigned to Burgundy, even though part of it is in the Rhone. Its red wine is made from the gamay grape, which is
Jazz it up with Portugal’s Herdade do Esporao wines
Portugal’s hot climate plays to good value, refreshing wines. Alentejo is in the southern part of Portugal, one of the hottest places in Europe. The
Monterey’s Laetitia pinot noir lives up to expectations
The cool Monterey wine region in otherwise sunny California is one of the best places to grow pinot noir. Two hours south of San Francisco,
For Labor Day, choose wines that hold up in cooler months
Enjoy your Labor Day party with good-value wines that will also please in the fall. In the mid-1970s, Nicky Hahn and his wife, Gaby, purchased