Category: Wine Reviews
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 10/27/24
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Taste the Stones: The 2022 Gimblett Gravels Vintage Selection
Gravel. Gravelly loam. Alluvium. Hang around with winegrowers long enough and you’re bound to hear these words, often in conjunction
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 10/20/24
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Anderson Valley Pinots Soar
I’m not entirely clear whether I’m doing readers a service, or risking great confusion by writing about Mendocino’s Anderson Valley
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 10/13/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 10/6/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 9/29/24
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Dealing with Change in the Douro
Look closely enough at the fabric of nearly any major wine region around the world and you’ll find the threads
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 9/21/24
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California’s Other Cabernet Valley
Even in a theoretical future dramatically reshaped by climate change, it seems unlikely for Napa to lose its pre-eminence as
Backward and Forward: the “Complete” Massican Retrospective
As someone exposed to an awful lot of wineries, wine brands, and their winemakers, it’s hard not to have something
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 9/1/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 8/25/24
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Ridge Lytton Springs Turns 50
Ridge Vineyards needs little introduction for most wine lovers. Its famous Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon and its long-time steward Paul
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 8/18/24
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Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 8/18/24
Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 8/11/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 8/4/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 7/28/24
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