Category: Wine Reviews
Vinography Unboxed: Week of October 25, 2015
Hello, and welcome (back — I’ve been too busy to open boxes lately) to my periodic dig through the samples
Vinography Unboxed: Week of October 11, 2015
Hello, and welcome (back — I’ve been too busy to open boxes lately) to my periodic dig through the samples
Vinography Unboxed: Week of October 4, 2015
Hello, and welcome (back — I’ve been too busy to open boxes lately) to my periodic dig through the samples
Vinography Unboxed: Week of September 27, 2015
Hello, and welcome (back — I’ve been too busy to open boxes lately) to my periodic dig through the samples
The Lodi Zinfandel Revolution Continues
Let me begin with total honesty. I fell out of love with Zinfandel. When I first got into wine, I
Vinography Unboxed: Week of September 13, 2015
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The Flavor of Cool: Tasting the Wines of the Western Sonoma Coast
I’ll admit it. I’m an acid freak. More than anything else in a wine, I’m looking for the juiciness that
Small is Beautiful: The Champagnes of Savart
The famous designers Charles and Ray Eames, in the employ of the then young company named IBM, once created a
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,
Vinography Unboxed: Week of August 2, 2015
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of July 26, 2015
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The Brilliance of Canadian Chardonnay
Less than an hour from Buffalo, New York, some of the best Chardonnay I’ve tasted in years is being made,
Lost Treasures in the Sierra Foothills: The Wines of Renaissance Vineyards
Soon after gold was discovered in California in 1848, and word spread east, more than 80,000 prospectors descended upon the
Vinography Unboxed: Week of July 12, 2015
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Krug: A Quintessence of Champagne
When, in 1989, Olivier Krug became the sixth generation of his family to work at the Champagne house that bears
Vinography Unboxed: Week of June 28, 2015
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A First Taste of Idaho Wine
Wine from Idaho? Why not? Idaho’s climate and geology share many things in common with Eastern Washington State, a place
Tasting Integrity: 25 Years of Corison Napa Cabernet
“This is how integrity tastes,” I found myself concluding as I tasted through 25 years of Cathy Corison’s efforts to
Vinography Unboxed: Week of June 21, 2015
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