Category: Wine News
A Real Nigerian Wine Scam
Anyone who has an e-mail account and has checked it at least once in the last 10 years has probably
Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards Exposed as a Total Farce
My colleague Jim Gordon who currently edits Wines & Vines magazine just pointed me to an article on their web
When is The Right Time to Establish Wine Appellations?
The birth of a wine region is a fascinating thing to watch, and I’m sure an even more fascinating process
When Wine Isn’t Enough of a Cash Crop, Grow Marijuana
Who knows where this stuff comes from? Or why the first place I find out about it is some newspaper
Hear That? It’s the Sound of a Billion Wine Corks Pulled in China.
It’s no surprise that with the Olympics going on, all manner of news media have turned their eye on China.
Italy Gets it Right. Scotland Gets it Very, Very Wrong.
There are those of you who believe that one of my favorite things to do here on Vinography consists of
How Simple Should Wine Get?
As an advocate for wine, I try to help people enjoy wine more (or for the first time) in whatever
Breaking Wine News: Bordeaux’s Cos d’Estournel Buys Napa’s Chateau Montelena
To those of you in the wine world paying attention to the dollar’s stomach churning lows against the Euro, this
That Smoky 2008 Vintage: California Wine and Wildfires
There were a few weeks in June when the last place a wine lover would have wanted to be was
Grand Jury Cru: Part Deux
I wrote a post over a year ago entitled Grand Jury Cru, which described the unfortunate plight of the wineries
Introducing the World’s Best (FREE!) Wine Cellar Management Software
This constitutes the first and possibly the only time you will ever find me endorsing, recommending, and generally plugging a
Red Wine and Charred Meat Cure Leprosy
I’m sorry about that headline. I couldn’t help myself. Everyone else is doing it. When I first started writing about
The Myth of the Monolithic Wine Palate
If you have more than a passing interest in wine, you’ve no doubt heard some form of this common complaint:
Terroir vs. Pleasure in Wine
How many times have I told myself not to meddle in the world of terroir? Having (or starting) discussions about
Ethiopian Wine: A New Frontier in Africa
I’m a sucker for pioneers. Especially those that strike out into the wilderness to try making great wine where no
France Makes Progress Towards Rational Wine Laws
I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to write a piece acknowledging progress in France towards a rational
The Flavors in Wine are Yours Alone
I do not need to tell you that I’m a geek of the first degree when it comes to wine,
The Passing of a Legend: Robert Mondavi 1913-2008
Today the United States lost one of its living legends, as Robert Mondavi died today at the age of 94.