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Beaujolais Dec. 06, 2023
One of the world's forgotten wines, but a delightful diversion, is Beaujolais nouveau — that f... Read More
Sparkling Wine Nov. 21, 2023
It's one of the world's great wine paradoxes: a delicate, subtle, food-oriented wine calling for int... Read More
Zinfatuated Oct. 31, 2023
Clumsy, foppish, lugubrious, doleful, gloom-imposing. These are just a few of the terms that I had e... Read More
Wine Terminology Jul. 25, 2023
Beets, new-mown grass, sage, olives, gardenia, petroleum, strawberries. These are just some of the ... Read More
The Greatness of Sauvignon Blanc Jul. 18, 2023
Chardonnay continues to be the most popular white wine in the United States, representing roughly on... Read More
How Sweet It Is! Jul. 11, 2023
The wine shop clerk told me the wine was very dry, but when I took my purchase home and pulled the c... Read More
Classic Reds Jun. 13, 2023
A century ago, many of the finest French red wines were known to improve after they had been aged fo... Read More
The More We Know Mar. 07, 2023
An experience recently changed the way I look at wine — and especially how others view it. I p... Read More
Rare Varietals Feb. 28, 2023
Younger wine buyers seem smitten with the notion that commonplace grapes like chardonnay and caberne... Read More
Aging White Wines Oct. 18, 2022
I suggested in a column some years ago that in general most white wines are best consumed young, aft... Read More
Harvest Approaches Jul. 19, 2022
Here in wine country, where the weather always turns warm or hot about this time of year, everything... Read More
Little-Known Wine Facts Jul. 12, 2022
Most people who purchase wine regularly know what the basic rules are about how to consume it and st... Read More
Wine's Fragility May. 31, 2022
Winemakers around the world have tools and strategies today that they never had decades ago that hel... Read More
Budget-Wine Strategies Dec. 01, 2020
Early on in my wine journey, I developed a healthy respect for budget wines, and not because I was c... Read More
Creating a Wine Cellar Aug. 11, 2020
The COVID-19 Lockdown Blues have inspired many a hobbyist in recent months. I've noticed scores of f... Read More
The Top 40 Dec. 26, 2017
Looking back over the past year in wine, I now realize what an embarrassment of riches it was. Durin... Read More
Better With Age Mar. 07, 2017
Years ago, on a trip to Bordeaux to taste samples from a new vintage, I had the opportunity to have ... Read More
Wizard of Id
Jan. 26, 2014
