Wines of the Week: July 9-15
Everyday: Midsummer is indubitably vinho verde time. These ridiculously refreshing Portuguese whites (often green, as the name connotes) are just plain fun... Read More
What to do with plonk?
What started as a post for this site evolved into today’s Liquid Assets column, and it contained a rarity: calling out brands... Read More
A Krug kind of morning
No, I’m not drinking bubbles from perhaps Champagne’s foremost producer (consarnit!). But within a half-hour just now, two Krug-related items crossed my... Read More
Linkin’ logs 7-11-12
Wheelin’ around those tubes that some call the Internet: • One of the wine world’s oldest saws is that red wine and... Read More
Happy birthday to Tariquet, happy quaffing for the rest of us
I wish there were more American wineries like Domaine du Tariquet. Not because it’s so old (having turned 100 on June 7),... Read More
Wines of the Week: July 2-8
Everyday: The venerable Sonoma winery Pedroncelli makes a dandy red blend called “Friends,” and “friendly” is a good way to describe the... Read More