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Ice Wine: What to Drink While Trimming the Christmas TreeFor years, I always associated trimming the tree with one drink: egg nog and a touch of bourbon. It used to be...
Wine ProfileDecember 3, 2014 3 min read -
Chateau de la Chaize: A Taste of Beaujolais CruAn Elegant, Yet Easy-Sipping French Red
Wine ProfileDecember 1, 2014 4 min read -
Top Value White Wine of the Year: Mont Gravet Côtes de Gascogne$9 and It Is Sublime
Wine ProfileNovember 24, 2014 2 min read -
Six Thanksgiving Wine Pairings to ConsiderWhen you volunteer to bring wine to Thanksgiving dinner, do you really know what you are getting yourself into? A few nights...
Wine Buyer's GuidesNovember 19, 2014 5 min read -
The Scrapper: Most Aptly Named Wine of the YearSomething strange has happened: I’ve found myself advocating for certain grape varieties as though they were an underrated athlete worth rooting...
Pairing Wine and FoodNovember 13, 2014 3 min read -
Rioja Blanco: Embrace the Tartness300 Words (Or So) on A Wine That Leads With Lemon
Pairing Wine and FoodNovember 11, 2014 2 min read -
To the Douro with Quinta de la Rosa ReservaHow One Wine Lead Me Down the Rabbit Hole of Douro Reds
Pairing Wine and FoodNovember 4, 2014 3 min read -
Beginner’s Guide to Buying Rioja Red WinesOn a recent outing to my local wine shop, I surveyed their aisle of Spanish wine looking for something to catch my eye. Somewhere...
Wine ProfileOctober 30, 2014 4 min read -
Only in Northern Italy: The Simple Beauty of LagreinItaly is flush with indigenous grapes that don’t seem to thrive anywhere else. Of these, Lagrein is among my absolute favorites....
Wine ProfileOctober 28, 2014 3 min read -
2009 Viña Eguía Rioja ReservaReaffirming Why I Love Rioja in the First Place
Pairing Wine and FoodOctober 24, 2014 3 min read -
Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling... And a Master Class in the Terroir of the Mosel
TravelOctober 14, 2014 6 min read -
Klinker Brick Zinfandel: This One Goes up to 11A Brash, 15.8% Alcohol Zin
Wine ProfileOctober 13, 2014 3 min read -
A Phenomenal Riesling from Austria: Biohof PratschWhat comes to mind when you think of Austria? If you are a wine lover, you’d probably say “Grüner Veltliner,” the crisp,...
Pairing Wine and FoodOctober 3, 2014 3 min read -
Winemaker to Look For: Coelho WinerySousão. Alvarelhão. Tinta Roriz. Touriga Nacional. Touriga Francesa. Tinta Cão. I didn’t recognize any of these names. They may as well have been...
Wine ProfileSeptember 29, 2014 2 min read -
The Elegant Aromatics of Domaine de Pallus ChinonI’m a newcomer to the hobby of wine collecting. My wine fridge has three segments, and the ones on the left...
Pairing Wine and FoodSeptember 19, 2014 3 min read
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