Category: Wine Reviews
Vinography Unboxed: Week of January 4, 2015
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 27th, 2014
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Flirting with the Ecstatic: The Wines of Nikolaihof, Austria
There are certain places in this world that feel as if they exist outside of time. Or perhaps they exist
Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 20, 2014
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Setting a New Bar for Oregon Pinot: Brittan Vineyards
Expressed briefly, making a great wine is rather simple. You find the right piece of ground; you put the right
Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 13, 2014
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 7, 2014
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A Life Indomitable: The Wines of Casal Santa Maria, Portugal
“I have been condemned to death four times,” says the man that everyone calls Senhor Baron with a smile that
Vinography Unboxed: Week of November 23, 2014
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Plumbing the Depths of Portugal: A Tasting Journey
In the pantheon of global wine regions, Portugal doesn’t rank among the most storied, at least as far as the
Highlights from Tasting Champagne with the Masters
The best wines often have a quality that I tend to summarize as gulpable. While I am perfectly content with
The Dark Queen of Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Domaine du Pégau
She may be the Dark Queen of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, but the darkness doesn’t come from her. In fact, Laurence Feraud is
Vinography Unboxed: Week of October 26, 2014
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of October 19, 2014
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Bay Area Bordeaux: Tasting Santa Cruz Mountain Cabernets
It sounds like the beginnings of a joke: how do you hook a wine writer? The answer, it turns out,
Vinography Unboxed: Week of October 5, 2014
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Cool Beauty: Tasting the Wines of the Western Sonoma Coast
I’ll admit it. I’m an acid freak. More than anything else in a wine, I’m looking for the juiciness that
Vinography Unboxed: Week of September 21, 2014
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From the Quiet Garden: The Wines of Pichler-Krutzler, Wachau, Austria
Winemaker Erich Krutzler has carried a lot of baggage in his life. At 46 he is still a relatively young
