Italy’s Best Wines: Tasting the Tre Bicchieri Winners 2008
I pride myself on my broad tastes in wine. I like wine from everywhere, and don’t believe I have a
The Magic of Wine Aromas
One of the most enduring and compelling attractions of wine for me lies in the nearly magical array of aromas
Vinography Images: Under the Vines
Under the Vines “This is another shot from my recent winter trip to Sonoma. There are still a few vineyards
The World’s Best Burgundy? Tasting La Paulee de San Francisco
It’s not every day that I get to leave a wine tasting knowing that I’ve probably spit out a volume
Rhone Rangers Tasting: March 16th, San Francisco
Strict astrologers will quibble with my pronouncements, but I’m ready to officially declare that it is Spring! My feckless abandon
Kapcsándy Family Winery, Napa: Current Releases
Napa has a way of turning modest dreams into major productions. Lou Kapcsándy and his wife Bobbie decided to retire
WBW#43 Coming This Wednesday, March 5th: Comfort Wines
February is the sneakiest month. It lulls you into thinking it’s just like any other month, and then it pulls
The Great Sipping Sound of Hong Kong
Mark my words: China is the next big thing when it comes to wine. Wine consumption that is. I’ve had
My Life as Lawbreaker, Caught in the Crosshairs
You all remember WineGate, right? The brouhaha of eight weeks ago surrounding Wine.Com’s actions against its competitors and consumers in
2001 Benanti “Pietramarina” Bianco Superiore, Etna DOC, Sicily
I try to avoid getting into discussions about terroir for the same reasons I avoid arguing about religion: no one
What Wine Goes with Recession?
If the election buzzphrase in the early 1990s was “It’s the economy, stupid!” in 2008 that might be revised to,
The Best Cabernet in Napa: Tasting Premiere Napa Valley 2008
One of my favorite events each year involves the opportunity to sample some of the best wines that Napa produces
New York Wine Expo & Tasting: March 7-8th, New York
Regular readers know that I regularly post about large public wine events here on Vinography, which I believe are some
All You Can Drink Wine Bars? I’m Moving to Germany!
OK. Not really. But Germany now seems to be the dream destination for either those who enjoy an evening with
Vinography Images: Rainy Tree and Vines
Rainy Tree and Vines “I shot this a couple of weeks ago in Sonoma on a typical rainy winter day.
Book Review: A Wine Miscellany by Graham Harding
Review by Jessica Yadegaran. Did you know that the world’s oldest single vine is in the Slovenian city of Maribor?
Napa, at the Threshold of Spring
Today I am reminded why this is my favorite time of year in Napa. While the vines slumber, the rest
The American Wine Blog Awards Have Begun
You, dear reader, are here because you “get it.” You understand (or if not you still hope to understand) what
Masuizumi Junmai Daiginjo, Toyama Prefecture
Many of us drink wine as a portal to a sense of place and time — to be transported through
