Fin du Fresne: Straight shooter from Down Under
Winemakers tend to be open books, not given to circumspection. Even by those standards Fintan du Fresne is a candid kind of... Read More
Wines of the Week, Oct. 3-10
Everyday: It shouldn’t be easy to forget a delicious wine from New Mexico, but somehow the Gruet Brut Blanc de Noirs NV... Read More
Viniferous quips
I was a collector in general before I became a wine collector. Among the items I cull are quotes. Here are some... Read More
That’s some pot-ent wine
From Gourmet via Jezebel comes word of a wacky-tobacky trend: marijuana-infused wine. I’m pretty sure I have not sampled any of this,... Read More
Sunset rises again
I used to get pretty invested in the Oscars and postseason awards in baseball and basketball. It was a weird deal: When... Read More
The inside score on boffo ratings
Do wine consumers follow ratings, or do the ratings follow consumers? I would have thought that a rhetorical question, but esteemed wine... Read More
Wines of the Week: Sept. 26-Oct. 2
Everyday: California is just getting the knack of making white blends, but the French, or at least some of them, have long... Read More