Category: Wine Reviews
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 4/16/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 4/9/23
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California’s High-Country Wines
The phrase ‘alpine wine’ is on the lips of many a sommelier these days. Thanks to the exigencies of climate
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 4/2/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/26/23
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Wines of the Wind: Recent Releases from Anaba Wines, Sonoma
What happens when a traditionally Rhône-focused producer in Sonoma hires one of California’s best Pinot Noir winemakers? That’s not a
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/12/23
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Tasting California’s Geekiest Vineyard
Psychologists analysing paratroopers divide them into three different categories: ‘courageous’, ‘fearless’ and ‘over-confident’. It’s not clear which of these would
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/5/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/26/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/19/23
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Napa’s Best Cabernet: Tasting the Superb 2021 Vintage at Premiere Napa Valley
Some people run marathons. Me? I taste 150 or so Cabernets before lunch. That’s the way I like to describe
Santa Lucia Highlands—Small But Mighty
In his novel East of Eden, John Steinbeck immortalised California’s Salinas Valley as a paradise, with ‘the smell of azaleas and
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 2/12/23
Hello, and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/5/23
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The Wines of the Flaming Fields
Without a doubt, there’s something special about volcanic wines. The fruit that grows on vines plunged into the remains of
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/22/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/15/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/25/22
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