Vinography Unboxed: Week of January 11, 2015
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of
2015 Slow Wine Tasting: January 29, San Francisco
, that same organization’s push in recent years to celebrate wine. Just as for food, Slow Wine produces a guide
Vinography Images: On the Mountaintop
On the Mountaintop A vineyard basks in the sun far above the fog in the Mayacamas Mountains in Sonoma County.
Redeeming Lodi, California
Analogies can be dangerous, but for anyone who doesn’t know the more detailed geography of California, it may be easiest
The Superb Grace of Old Vines: Drinking Janasse
In a region where castles crumble to ruins on the hills, and the vines outlive their farmers, one of the
The Zinfandel Experience: January 31, San Francisco
I’m not exactly sure how long a particular event has to have been going on for it to be credibly
Vinography Unboxed: Week of January 4, 2015
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of
Vinography Images: The Colors of a New Season
The Colors of a New Season A new, unfurling grape vine leaf is remarkably colorful when you look at it
Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 27th, 2014
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Vinography Images: Rich Skies
Rich Skies Rainclouds catch the last rays of a sunset over the rolling hills of Sonoma County in winter. INSTRUCTIONS:
Losing a Legend in Serge Hochar
On the last day of December, 2014, the wine world lost a legend, twenty years too soon. Serge Hochar, the
Flirting with the Ecstatic: The Wines of Nikolaihof, Austria
There are certain places in this world that feel as if they exist outside of time. Or perhaps they exist
Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 20, 2014
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A Grape By Any Other Name
That fabric of our lives, the culture in which we find ourselves immersed, remains a rich symbol of the lives,
Setting a New Bar for Oregon Pinot: Brittan Vineyards
Expressed briefly, making a great wine is rather simple. You find the right piece of ground; you put the right
Vinography Images: The Chaos of Crush
The Chaos of Crush A load of grapes enters a crusher destemmer in the midst of harvest in Sonoma County.
Vinography Unboxed: Week of December 13, 2014
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of
2014 – Worth Celebrating
Some years are unarguably more momentous than others. The question is whether we can really recognise them without the benefit
Vinography Images: New Growth
New Growth A grape tendril unfurls in a Sonoma County vineyard. All the rain this week has most of us
