Category: Red Wine
The 2024 Vintage in Napa Through The Lens of Premiere Napa Valley
Longtime readers will know that one of my chosen “sports” involves tasting barrel samples of recent vintages in Napa to
50 Years of Limestone Dreams: A Look Back at Calera Pinot Noir
You’d likely know if you ever met the late winemaker Josh Jensen. He was tough to miss and hard to
New Zealand’s Other Red Wine
Many people are unaware that New Zealand produces red wine, and even fewer still that it produces red wines beyond
NY Cab Franc Moves Forward
Can you imagine the producers in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lodi all coming together to agree on a single red
What Does Perfection Mean? Looking at the 2021 FUTO Estate CFX Red Blend
Once upon a time, much of the wine reviewing I did here on Vinography consisted of individual bottles—tasted, described, written
The Echo of Place: The Work of William Downie Wines
There’s a way of looking at terroir that places geology and climate on a pedestal as the preeminent forces that
West Coast Chillable Reds
Should you forget that wine is supposed to be fun, something serious wine lovers are occasionally in danger of doing,
Elevating Chilean Old Vine Carignan: VIGNO at 10 Years
In 2011, searching for a way to persuade their own country—and the wider world—that there was more to Chile than
Santa Cruz Cabernet Proliferates
Thanks to the perennially outstanding wine from Ridge’s Monte Bello vineyard (seen above overlooking Silicon Valley), California’s Santa Cruz Mountains
Napa’s Greatest Vintage in Decades: Tasting 2021 Napa Cabernet
As wine lovers, we’re beset by a neverending plague of superlatives, especially when it comes to communications from wineries and
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
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
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 9/1/24
Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
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
Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
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
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/4/24
Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
California’s Top Zinfandels: Tasting at ZAP 2024
Gone are the days when 500 Zinfandel producers and 8000 members of the trade and public would descend upon both
Tasting The Ghost Grape: A Deep Look at Pignolo
What virtues are there to be found in obscurity? Don’t ask a hipster. They’ll just roll their eyes and go
