Pinot Days Southern California: January 17, Los Angeles
Given the dramatic increase in popularity of Pinot Noir in America in the past few years, it should come as
How to AVOID Selling Wine in Pennsylvania
So if you had a bunch of grocery stores, and those grocery stores sold wine, but you didn’t really want
Olson Ogden Winery, Sonoma: Current Releases
I take a special interest in a particular class of winery. I call them estateless wineries, but they are wineries
Odfjell Winery, Chile: Current Releases
Many of the people I spoke to in Chile were quite proud of the diverse European immigrant populations that have
Menu For Hope VI: Win Some Wine (and Other Great Stuff)
How would you like to spend a week in Tuscany at a private villa, drinking aged Brunello di Montalcino, all
So You Wanna Be a Wine Writer?
The wine world is made of dreams. Some people dream about drinking wine. Some people dream about making wine. And
What I’ve Learned about Chilean Wine
I thought about titling this post with a bit more gravitas — something like “New Trends in the Chilean Wine
Altair Winery, Chile: Current Releases
Hillside vineyards are not the norm in Chile. The country has a plethora of alluvial valley floors that are always
The Best Wines from Chile?: Tasting Notes for Wines over $40
As some of you know, I spent the last week traveling around Chile trying to get a sense of the
Vinography Images: The Green Leaf
The Green Leaf You can tell a lot about a grape vine from its leaves. Among other things, according to
Casa Marín Winery, Chile: Current Releases
For me, great wines always have a story behind them. It can be the story of the people who made
Off to Chile to Taste Some Wine
I’m an incredibly lucky guy. If you’d told me six years ago when I started dribbling out my thoughts on
Vinography Images: The Sphere
The Sphere Grape or sculpture? I might just pay money for a handblown glass lamp resembling this luminous sphere of
Menu For Hope is Coming. Will You Donate a Wine Prize and Become Famous?
Think of this as the early warning system. Our annual Menu For Hope campaign is right around the corner. In
Thanksgiving: No Wine is Too Good for Friends
OK wine lovers, listen up. Thanksgiving approaches, and in this country that means for the past few weeks every wine
2008 Grgich Hills Estate Fume Blanc, Napa
Visitors to Napa Valley, even those on their first trip, have a hard time missing the Grgich Hills winery, which
Vinography Images: One Berry
One Berry The first time I tasted a Cabernet grape I was surprised at how unlike Cabernet wine it tasted.
2003 Descendientes de J. Palacios “Moncerbal,” Bierzo, Spain
This is one of those wines that I live for. The kind that begins with an unknown bottle thrust in
What’s Next? Wine Labels in Jive?
I haven’t stopped chuckling this evening since I read a post on Spittoon.Biz, a long running wine blog run by
