Category: Wine Reviews
Sampling Napa Royalty: Notes from the Taste of Oakville
It might not drive the pulse quite as much as an invitation to the annual presentation of Domaine de la
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 5/5/24
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Tasting Sonoma’s Best Barrel Lots
Attending trade auctions at which the wine industry offers special barrel lots that are generally unobtainable by ordinary consumers serves
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 5/5/24
Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 4/28/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 4/21/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 4/14/24
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Moulin-à-Vent: 100 Years of Great Gamay
Today, on April 17, 2024, the producers of Moulin-à-Vent are stepping up and attempting to put the Cru in their
Island Wines: A Seminar
Anyone lucky enough to have been to an island paradise knows just how special it feels. There’s a certain quality
Looking at Livermore
Livermore Valley sits just under 50 miles (80 km) east of downtown San Francisco. This modest valley, oriented east-west, was
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/24/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/17/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/10/24
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The Volcano Beckons: A Return to Etna
Few things on this earth are more symbolic of change than a volcano itself. As their intermittent cataclysms reshape the
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/3/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/25/24
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/18/24
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California Sauvignon Blanc Is Tasty, But at What Price?
This week I covered California Sauvignon Blanc in my monthly tasting column for Jancis Robinson. In service of that, I
Sonoma and Napa Get Savvier
I try to keep up with as much of what’s going on in the wine world as I can. I
