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Whites Over Reds Dec. 19, 2023
If you're planning to have a bottle of bubbly to celebrate the new year, chances are pretty good tha... Read More
Wine and Food Diversity Nov. 14, 2023
True wine lovers adore diversity in their wines as much as they love diversity in their foods. Yet t... Read More
Sweet Red Wines Oct. 24, 2023
All things change, and many of the changes may be seen only in retrospect. Some issues are in struct... Read More
Big Bottles Oct. 18, 2023
One of my worst days as a wine writer came about 10 years ago when I tried to lift a 12-bottle box o... Read More
Euro Versus Cali Oct. 10, 2023
California wine is basically all about sunlight and softness; most European wines are all about clou... Read More
Beaujolais Nouveau Oct. 03, 2023
Decades ago, if you said "Beaujolais nouveau" in a crowded theater, you might create a panic: Half t... Read More
Heavy Bottles Aug. 29, 2023
One of the worst trends in winemaking over the last 25 years is the ever-greater use of ultraheavy b... Read More
The 'Right' Wine Dec. 06, 2022
Wine purists say that the wine you choose should match the food — and some of them can be rath... Read More
2022 Harvest Sep. 27, 2022
In the last two decades, no one has done more instant adjusting to life's meteorological vicissitude... 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
History Is Deeply Rooted in Cinque Terre Wine Country May. 07, 2022
By Lesley Sauls Frederikson Standing with arms outstretched in the sun on his steeply terraced viney... Read More
In Praise of Cheap Mar. 08, 2022
Oh, the mystique that some people ascribe to wine in their rush to canonize it out of all proportion... Read More
Pink Takes Its (Rightful) Place Mar. 01, 2022
There was a time not terribly long ago when winemakers had a deep, dark secret: The wines they were ... Read More
Wine's Many Paths Feb. 22, 2022
The complications arising in the production of wine can be so voluminous that it takes a multi-year ... Read More
Place Names Feb. 08, 2022
When you buy a French Chablis, it will be made only from Chardonnay grapes grown in a small district... Read More
Merlot Prices Jan. 25, 2022
Living in the heart of Sonoma County wine country gives me direct access to winemakers, occasionally... Read More
