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West Sonoma Coast: Distinctive, Cool Climate Pinot, Chardonnay & Syrah 21 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
West Sonoma Coast vineyard looking toward the ocean (courtesy West of West Festival) West of West is the early August weekend festival devoted to wines made from grapes farmed on the far western coas...
Concentration & Complexity: Four Historic California Vineyards 15 Aug 2013 | 06:03 am
Old vines at Whitton Ranch Old Patch I find being in and around vineyards uniquely soothing and nurturing. Maybe it’s because they are usually part of a pastoral landscape. I may be triggered too by ...
Character and Value: Italian Volcanic Wines 7 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm
2006 eruption on Sicily’s Mount Etna Italy is located just above the convergence between the Eurasian Plate and the northward moving African Plate, which helps explain why it possesses the only activ...
American Tempranillo: Strong Continuing Improvement 31 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
old vine Tempranillo in Rioja Tempranillo is one of the world’s most important and noble grapes. It is capable of making complex wines with tremendous aging capacity. The grape is the basis for Spai...
The Perfect Summer Drink? Riesling from Germany & Austria 24 Jul 2013 | 03:21 pm
Riesling grapes in southern Germany Looking for the ideal summer drink? Do you feel like something juicy, light to medium in body, refreshing and low in alcohol? A drink you can enjoy before dinner, ...
New Zealand Pinot Noir: Balance, Complexity & Great Value 17 Jul 2013 | 04:55 pm
mountains and vineyard in NZ’s Central Otago region (image courtesy New Zealand Wine) Even though a lot of Pinot Noir was planted in California, Oregon, South America and elsewhere following the big ...
House of Krug and the Quest for Perfection 10 Jul 2013 | 09:07 pm
Krug lineup What is the greatest, most reliable producer in Champagne across the board, especially when money is no object? For me, without a doubt, it is the House of Krug. Krug has long been the s...
Uruguay II: Exciting New Producers, Promising New Regions 25 Jun 2013 | 10:38 am
New plantings in Garzón, north of Punta del Este Boom Economy Drives Wine Industry Investment Uruguay is smaller in size than the State of Washington. Its population, 88% of which is of European des...
Uruguay Part I: Small Country Makes Big, Flavorful Wines 19 Jun 2013 | 08:47 am
The several top producers we visited on this trip to Uruguay are making wines that would be in the top echelons anywhere. In this first of two installments on the top producers of Uruguay we visited o...
British Columbia: Okay Wines, Retarded Wine Culture 2 Jun 2013 | 11:09 am
I have to ask why any wine oriented organization that doesn’t have to do business in B.C.—say a wine conference for writers and bloggers that could be held anywhere like WBC—would choose to do locate ...
