A Thursday Wine Article, Austria, Champagne, France, Italy, Lombardy, Penedes, Spain

Rose’ Champagne and other sparkling wines make their splash every February 14. My restaurant years taught me that those wines—a symbol of giddy celebration—are more smiled at than savored, and flirted over than studied. In nod to this annual rite of romance, today’s article offers a selec...

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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 make you a more nimble taster. Though typically thought of as a southern French red wine grape (and it’s believed to be a Spanish ...

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Sparkling wines not only set a party mood, they can set the dinner table, too. Though recent trends in glassware disfavor the flute for sparkling wines—some say it inhibits the ability to release aromas—no one ever questions the joy bubbly brings, no matter the vessel. If you’re panicked abo...

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One of the greatest wine cellars in the world—full disclosure: I helped build it—is in Hamburg, New Jersey, the result of the late-in-life passion of Gene Mulvihill, who died last month at 78. In July 2002 I drove to Crystal Springs Resort to meet with Mulvihill. We went to the basement where a...

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Category: Austria

Seeing Red on Valentine’s Day

Red wines off-the-beaten-path

Sparkling wines for holiday parties and dinners

Mulvihill’s cellar door was always open