Category: Wine Reviews
The Wines of the Flaming Fields
Without a doubt, there’s something special about volcanic wines. The fruit that grows on vines plunged into the remains of
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/22/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/15/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/25/22
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Ridge Vineyards: An American Wine Icon at 60
In 1968, a young Paul Draper was just beginning his career as a winemaker. After a brief stint making some
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/18/22
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The Ancient Taste: Notes on Some Georgian Wines
By tracing the DNA relationships between known grape varieties, and correlating those results with the radiocarbon dating of archeological discoveries,
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/20/22
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/13/22
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The Elegance of Age: Tasting South Africa’s Oldest Vines
Old vines make better wines. Like so many broad generalizations in the wine industry, that’s a verifiably false statement. Plenty
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/6/22
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 10/30/22
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Putting South African Chardonnay in a Global Context
Chardonnay. A grape both worshipped and reviled. It is the magical stuff of Montrachet, making $18,000 bottles of the most
The Way of Granite: Gideon Beinstock and the Wines of Clos Saron
In the most famous wine regions of the world, a tourist wandering the nicely manicured rows of vines that lead
An Afternoon’s Dalliance With Dão
Portugal remains one of the more under-appreciated wine-producing countries on the planet in my opinion. Even as it has recently
Red and Fresh: Tasting the 2020 Gimblett Gravels Vintage Selection
Gravel is a word used in conjunction with some of wine’s most hallowed ground. The gravelly clays of Bordeaux’s Left
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 9/18/22
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Pix—The Inside Story
American wine isn’t keeping up with the digital technology revolution, and it hasn’t been for a long while. I’m not
The Best Colorado Wines: Judging The Colorado Governor’s Cup
Judging wine competitions has always been somewhat thankless work. Sitting in what are often windowless, cold rooms for 8 hours
