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
Vinography Images: The Unbarreled Lightness of Being
A shaft of light illuminates the new barrel room at Fitapreta Vinhos in Alentejo, Portugal. Says photographer David Sawyer: “Constructing
Introducing Photographer David Sawyer
As regular readers know, I collaborate with photographers to add some visual beauty to my weekly ramblings and wine reviews
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 2/19/23
Hello, and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I
Vinography Images: The Valley Blooms
A riot of California poppies carpets the vine rows of Kunde Winery in Sonoma Valley. With all the rains that
The Definitive List of Black-Owned Wineries Around the Globe
It has been amazing to watch the shift in wine news coverage in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and
Representation Matters in Wine Stock Photography
Two years ago, any search in a stock photography database for a phrase along the lines of “people drinking wine”
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
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/5/23
Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
Vinography Images: Spring Sap
Sap oozes from a cut section of vine in Sonoma’s Alexander Valley. For now, most grapevines in the northern hemisphere
Book Review: The Wine Bible, 3rd Edition
I’ve now been writing about wine for 19 years, and the more time that goes on, the list of things
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 2/5/23
Hello, and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I
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 Images: Dawning of Spring
The rows of vineyards glow an emerald green in the light of dawn in Sonoma’s Dry Creek Valley. A heavy
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 1/29/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/22/23
Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
The Wine Industry is Headed For Self-Inflicted Decrepitude
They say that you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. It seems like we’re
Vinography Images: Around the Bend
The road into Santa Barbara’s Happy Canyon snakes around vineyards and a majestic oak, as vines show their winter silhouettes
