Category: Orange Wines
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,
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
A Selection of Georgian Wines
If you’ve never had a wine from the Republic of Georgia, then you’ve never really tasted history. By most estimates,
2008 Pheasant’s Tears Rkatsiteli, Republic of Georgia
We don’t know exactly where and when mankind first made wine in any significant quantity, but we believe that it
2007 Monastero Suore Cistercensi “Coenobium Rusticum” Bianco, Lazio, Italy
We owe much of modern viticulture and winemaking traditions to the church in some form or another. Even before the
2007 Cornelissen MunJebel 4 Bianco, Etna, Sicily
Many of the world’s greatest wines are also the most unlikely. Unlikely because most sane, rational, educated, and professional winemakers
2001 Gravner “Anfora” Ribolla Gialla, Friuli, Italy
When it comes to winemaking there’s New World, and there’s Old World. There’s new school, and of course, there’s old
2007 Point Concepcion “Celestina” Pinot Grigio, Santa Barbara County
I make it my habit to seek out and try a particular kind of wine that flies well under the
2004 La Stoppa “Ageno” White Blend, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Most people faced a with the choice of merely a specific color of wine to drink will consider their stated
Slovenian Wine: A New Frontier for White Wine Lovers
The wine world increasingly sorts out into two camps, those who believe increasing globalization is good for the wine industry,
Movia, Slovenia: Current Releases
Visitors to the far Northeast of Italy, in the shadows of the Austrian Alps, quickly realize that they are not
2002 Vodopivec Vitovska, Friuli-Venezia Giulia IGT, Italy
In the far Northeastern corner of Italy there lies a countryside that is better defined by wine than by any
1991 Gravner Ribolla Gialla, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
When it comes to winemaking there’s New World, and there’s Old World. There’s new school, and of course, there’s old
1999 Gravner Ribolla Gialla, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
When it comes to winemaking there’s New World, and there’s Old World. There’s new school, and of course, there’s old
