A year end harvest with growers Champagne
The Champagne region is home to the world’s finest sparkling wines made from chardonnay and pinot noir. While large brands and “houses” dominate the retail
Wine gifts that will be remembered long after the holidays
If you’re wondering what to give this holiday season, recall what Ernest Hemingway famously said, “Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.” For
The rewarding range of Ravenswood’s single-vineyard Zinfandels
Nearly a year ago, Ravenswood’s winemaker Gary Sitton appeared in Manhattan with an armful of his 2015 zinfandels. It was his inaugural vintage, after the
Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part two: Barolo
In 2000, Ceretto installed a modern glass cube-shaped sculpture at the top of the Rocche vineyard in Castiglione Falletto, one of Barolo’s best communes. Its
Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part one.
The Grape viewed from a tasting room Serruluga d’Alba is an important wine village in the Langhe region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that dates
Your wine doesn’t have to be a turkey, too
It has always struck me that Thanksgiving is the only American holiday devoted to gluttony. Plates and platters of food fill the dinner table—and sometimes
Michele Chiarlo delivers quality, integrity and reasonable prices
This is the first in a series of Barolo producers that I visited in the last week of October. Chiarlo's Cerequio vineyard and the hills
Red wines off-the-beaten-path
Your wine repertoire should contain more than cabernet sauvignon, merlot, pinot noir and sangiovese. Stretching your palate with these red wines will exercise it and
Chateau Brown delivers quality at a modest price
Chateau Brown takes its name from the Scottish wine merchant John Lewis Brown who bought the estate in 1795. Located in Bordeaux’s prestigious Pessac-Leognan appellation,
Part 2: 40 year retrospective of Ch. Montelena Estate Cabernets
We continue the Dream Tasting presentation by Bo Barrett, winemaker and owner of Chateau Montelena. See part one for the wines from 1974 to 1996.