Tag: wine

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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 4/26/20

Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of

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100 Tastes from the Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting

For those in the wine trade, one of the characteristics of Spring has long been the proliferation of wine tasting

Don’t Ask a Dinosaur for Directions

Those of us who spend our days working if not in the vanguard, at least squarely in the mainstream of

Vinography Images: Cabernet Leaf

Cabernet Leaf SONOMA COUNTY, CA: A Cabernet Sauvignon grape leaf is set against the sun in the Alexander Valley during

The Essence of Wine: Nuts

Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch Saying that our relationship with nuts goes back for some time dramatically understates the case.

Giving Thanks in 2011

Happy Thanksgiving from Vinography. For those of you outside of North America, today is America’s food holiday, where there is

Book Review: Wine by Thomas Pellechia

Review by Tim Patterson Unlike the fads and fancies and 15-minute trends that come with every new vintage, the history

Vinography Loves Sediment In Wine. You Should, Too.

, I’m bemoaning the fact that it solves a problem that didn’t need solving. This new bottle design, which is

Don’t Worship Your Wine. Just Drink It.

ome parts of this wine world are utterly ridiculous sometimes. Mostly, it’s the luxury parts. Something odd happens when you

A Glass of Wine to Keep You Sane

I’ve long said that wine helps me maintain my sanity. Well it turns out I may have been more right

D’Arenberg Winery, McLaren Vale, Australia: Current Releases

I can’t remember when, exactly, I had my first Australian wine, but there’s a good chance that it was made

What’s Next? Wine Labels in Jive?

I haven’t stopped chuckling this evening since I read a post on Spittoon.Biz, a long running wine blog run by

SF Chefs. Food. Wine. Weekend: August 6-9, San Francisco

For a town as food and wine rich as San Francisco is, the city has few large public celebrations of

A Book for the Wine Lover That Hates to Read

A lot of wine books get published every year, and not many of them are very good, especially for wine

Independence for the Modern Wine Drinker

Happy Independence Day from the United States, where we’re celebrating the historical casting off of the “chains” in which our

The Chinese Roots of California Wine

Every time I visit Meadowood in Napa Valley, I find myself spending time in front of a reproduction of an

All He Wanted Was a Bottle of Wine After Work

I’ve been working really hard lately. Not here on Vinography, but at the day job that pays the bills. So

Somali Pirates Take Ransom in Wine

Apparently the stepped-up patrols of U.S. warships off the coast of Somalia and increased vigilance on the part of ships’

Vinography Images: Light Through Grapes

Light Through Grapes In a miraculous chemistry shared with so many bounties of the natural world, grapes take the light