Champagne wisdom, Part Un
We’re approaching everybody’s favorite time for Champagne (which for me is anytime). So here are some famous folks’ thoughts on this bubbly... Read More
Wines of the Week: Jan. 23-29
Everyday: The conventional wisdom with gruner veltliner is that quality improves almost exponentially as you move up in price. That makes the... Read More
Facts and go-figures
Ten things I learned in the first 100 pages of George M. Taber’s “A Toast to Bargain Wines”: • When bottles became... Read More
Tablas Creek’s family roots
Opening a winery is a long play. The expenditures are large, and it’s quite some time before revenues start flowing in. As... Read More
OK, but how about “viognier”?
A brief pronunciation tutorial on arguably my favorite wine region, named after the era in which pontiffs resided there.
Two great reads: Dornenburg and Page’s pairing books
It used to be one of those rote tropes that writers favor, the kind that start with “If you can have only... Read More
Paso Robles addendum
I don’t have much to add to Reid Plumbo’s excellent roundup on Paso Robles. But since I was there recently ““ Reid... Read More