2018:The best & the brightest…the bodacious & the bargains, part 2
The Best Some of Bordeaux’s best 2015s were displayed in January at the Union des Grand Crus tasting, with those from the Right Bank chateaus
2018: The best & the brightest…the bodacious & the bargains Part 1
Bordeaux Blanc Bargains Bargain is not synonymous with cheap: It’s where quality meets low price. Perhaps, no other country has more of those rendezvous than
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