Category: Wine Reviews

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/2/25
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/26/25
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Facets of Sauvignon: Tasting the Appellation Marlborough Collection
I’ve long said that selecting the top 12 wines made in your region each year using a blind tasting run

Cal-Ital’s Time Has Come
Thirty years ago, the descriptor ‘Cal-Ital’ could often trigger a shudder of revulsion for an informed buyer of American wine.

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/19/25
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/12/25
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 1/5/25
Hello, and Happy New Year. Welcome to this year’s first dig through the pile of wine samples that show up

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/29/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/22/24
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Tasting California Chenin Blanc
As we see bell-bottomed jeans resurface from what we thought was the dustbin of history, we have to accept the

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/15/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/8/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 12/1/24
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The Majesty of Time: 25 Years of Corison’s Kronos Cabernet
For many of my readers, Cathy Corison needs of Corison Vineyards no introduction (see Tasting Integrity: 25 Years of Corison

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/24/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/17/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/10/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 11/3/24
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