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A Thursday Wine ArticleItalyPiedmont
The sixth and final report on my 2018 autumn visit and tasting of Nebbiolo-based wines in Piedmont Nadia Cogno & Valter Fissore In 1990, 53-year-old Elvio Cogno ended his partnership with the acclaimed Marcarini winery in La Morra and purchased a 27-acre farm that included a portion of the Rav...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleAustriaChampagneFranceItalyLombardyPenedesSpain
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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A Thursday Wine ArticleItalyPiedmont
Fifth article of a series from an autumn 2018 visit and tastings in Piedmont. Before his untimely death in 1988 at 54 years old, Renato Ratti was one Barolo’s legendary figures. He was also a visionary, adjusting his winemaking by shortening maceration and fermentation times, and reducing oak b...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleItalyTuscany
No wine area in Italy has more history and historical figures than Chianti Classico. Situated between Florence and Siena, it was fought over for centuries, ruled by the Medicis, and was the home of Bettino Ricasoli, the 27th Baron of Castello di Brolio. It was the Baron who united Tuscany with ...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleItalyPiedmont
Fourth article of a series from an autumn 2018 visit and tastings in Piedmont. Few Italian estates have as storied a history as Marchesi di Barolo. In 1807, the French noblewoman Juliette Colbert de Maulévrier married the Marchese of Barolo Carlo Tancredi Falletti in Paris. Arriving at her new ho...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleBordeauxBurgundy & ChablisNapa ValleyPiedmont
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 in St. Emilion and Pomerol prevailing. St. Emilion: Ch. Beau-Sejour Becot: Owned by the Becot family and now under the direction of 40-year-old Juliette Be...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleChampagneFrance
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 market, it’s wines from the small producers that connoisseurs seek. Moet et Chandon and Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin are the proverbial 50...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleAbruzzoAlsaceChileItalyNapa ValleyTuscany
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 wine collectors, receiving a special bottle is cherished for years, and possibly decades. Chateau Montelena is renowned for its Judgment of...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleCaliforniaNapa ValleySonoma
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 retirement of Joel Peterson, Ravenswood’s legendary founder and winemaker. I thought Sitton had a successful debut (see The Maven of Zinfa...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleItalyPiedmont
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 transparency allows you to see the surrounding vineyard where Ceretto grows the grapes for Bricco Rocche, its finest Barolo. It preceded...
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