Wine Country travel tips: Loire
(This is one in a series of travel guides to wine regions by people whom I trust mightily. Mindy is a savvy... Read More
Wines of the Week: May 2-8
Everyday: I used to love the fresh grassy aromas of New Zealand sauvignon blancs, until a seeming conspiracy turned most of them... Read More
Wines of the Week: April 25-May 1
If I were a stickler for “tipicity” — the cork-dork dictum that a wine must exemplify or typify the grape and/or region... Read More
Kermit Lynch tasting: Right in his (and my) wheelhouse
One of my favorite wine experiences was spending several hours a few years back with importer/writer/musician Kermit Lynch, including a long lunch... Read More
The word(s) on Burg
Some of my favorite quotes on my favorite wine region: Harry Waugh (left), when asked if he’d ever confused Bordeaux for Burgundy:”Not... Read More
A winner in winter
My way better half was out of town. The most relentless winter in my quarter-century in Tundraland was showing no signs of... Read More