Vinography Images: All Night Long
A vineyard worker picks grapes at night for Dalla Valle Vineyards in Oakville. Located on the eastern edge of the
When Stones Speak: The Wines of Domaine des Ardoisières
Some truly great wines sneak up on you, sip after sip, taste after taste—deepening, resonating, and ultimately resolving into your
California 2020: A Lawyer’s Vintage
The 2020 vintage was, quite simply, a disaster for California wine. But until recently, quantifying just how badly the fires affected
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 9/12/21
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Vinography Images: Grape Blessings
The first grapes of the 2019 Accendo Cellars’ harvest are christened with a bottle of 1997 Salon at Wheeler Farms
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 9/5/21
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 8/29/21
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Vinography Images: Delicious Beginnings
Ribolla Gialla juice falls from the press at Massican Wines. Known for its high-acid, Friuli-inspired wines, Massican was a (hefty
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
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 8/29/21
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 8/22/21
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Vinography Images: MOG Check
The first thing you do before you start pressing the Chardonnay? You check for MOG: Material Other than Grapes. Chardonnay
The Soul of Refinement: Recent & Upcoming Releases from Corison Winery, Napa
There most definitely was a time, not so long ago, when you couldn’t begin an article about one of Napa’s
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 8/22/21
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 8/15/21
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Vinography Images: The Lift
It’s a gesture repeated hundreds, thousands of times every day in August, September, and October in wine country. It’s a
Natural Wine is Now Legal: Hungarian Wine Law Joins the Modern World
Last August, I wrote a story here that didn’t make me very happy, but needed to be written. A friend
Book Review: Amber Revolution by Simon J. Woolf
I’m slightly hazy (unfiltered, perhaps?) on the precise date I first enjoyed an orange wine. I’m guessing it was around
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 8/15/20
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