Category: Undiscovered Wines
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.
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
Tasting California’s Geekiest Vineyard
Psychologists analysing paratroopers divide them into three different categories: ‘courageous’, ‘fearless’ and ‘over-confident’. It’s not clear which of these would
You Think You Know Prosecco? Wait Until You Meet Sui Lieviti
Prosecco is about to give the world’s pét-nats a serious run for their money. Yes, you read that right: Prosecco.
Tasting Some of Colorado’s Best Wines
I don’t do a lot of wine judging. At least I haven’t done so in the past. In part, this
The Forest Dreams of the Savoie Vine: The Wines of Domaine Curtet
Can you taste integrity? Spend enough time thinking and talking about wine, especially great wine, and inevitably you have to
Cold Soul, Warm Heart: The Wines of Alma Fria
There’s one type of article I write here on Vinography that produces equal parts exhilaration and anxiety: when I decide
Forging a New View of Sonoma Valley: Introducing Gail Wines
There comes a point in some people’s careers where the only thing left to do is to make some wine.
Keeping Mendocino Cool: Introducing Boonville Road Wines
Mendocino County, home to the Anderson Valley, is one of my favorite wine-growing areas in California. However, I’ve long maintained
Sonoma Scrappy: Introducing Topophilia Wine Company
One of the great pleasures of writing about wine will always be the sense of discovery it affords. The wine
The Reincarnation of Pinot Noir: Adam Lee’s Clarice Project
If you went looking for a poster child, rags-to-riches wine success story in California, you’d be hard-pressed to find a
Putting Terroir Where Your Mouth Is: The Extraordinary Wines of Pedro Parra
The van bumps down the dirt road and comes to a halt at the top of a steep unmarked lane
The Narrow Road to Quality in Chile’s Far North
Pisco vineyards in the Elqui valley. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. One of the perennial regrets of any traveling journalist must be
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
A Life Indomitable: The Wines of Casal Santa Maria, Portugal
“I have been condemned to death four times,” says the man that everyone calls Senhor Baron with a smile that
Bay Area Bordeaux: Tasting Santa Cruz Mountain Cabernets
It sounds like the beginnings of a joke: how do you hook a wine writer? The answer, it turns out,
From the Quiet Garden: The Wines of Pichler-Krutzler, Wachau, Austria
Winemaker Erich Krutzler has carried a lot of baggage in his life. At 46 he is still a relatively young
The Taste of Something New: Introducing Solminer Wines
Many things motivate the ambitious wine lover, but the curious joy of discovery often ranks highest among the forces that
Coastal Diamonds: The Rieslings of Oregon
About every two years, I get an invite to attend the International Pinot Noir Celebration in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The
