John Foy, Author at John Foy's "The Wine Odyssey"

The rewarding range of Ravenswood’s single-vineyard Zinfandels
The rewarding range of Ravenswood’s single-vineyard Zinfandels

The rewarding range of Ravenswood’s single-vineyard Zinfandels

By John Foy|2024-06-29T18:42:37+00:00December 13th, 2018|

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

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Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part two: Barolo
Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part two: Barolo

Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part two: Barolo

By John Foy|2024-06-29T18:42:37+00:00November 29th, 2018|

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

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Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part one.
Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part one.

Ceretto is stylish at every turn, part one.

By John Foy|2024-06-29T18:42:37+00:00November 23rd, 2018|

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

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Your wine doesn’t have to be a turkey, too

By John Foy|2024-06-29T18:42:37+00:00November 15th, 2018|

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

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Michele Chiarlo delivers quality, integrity and reasonable prices
Michele Chiarlo delivers quality, integrity and reasonable prices

Michele Chiarlo delivers quality, integrity and reasonable prices

By John Foy|2024-06-29T18:42:37+00:00November 8th, 2018|

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

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Red wines off-the-beaten-path
Red wines off-the-beaten-path

Red wines off-the-beaten-path

By John Foy|2024-06-29T18:42:37+00:00October 25th, 2018|

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

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Chateau Brown delivers quality at a modest price
Chateau Brown delivers quality at a modest price

Chateau Brown delivers quality at a modest price

By John Foy|2024-06-29T18:42:37+00:00October 11th, 2018|

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,

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