American Wine

In Which Opening a Special Wine is Not About the Wine At All

On a rainy day in June 2013, my wife and I drove into Philo, California after a swing...

When I started Opening a Bottle last year, I didn’t realize that I would get the chance to...

Here’s a ridiculously complicated, nuanced topic I could never cover in a single blog post: Pinot Noir...

Hooray for Colorado and New Mexico

Ahh, the 100-point system for scoring wine. Is there a taller lightning rod in wine circles than...

Here we are: July already. And after half a year of drinking, I decided to compile a list of...

Last year, I donned a foam finger for The Scrapper, a sublime Cabernet Franc from Vinum Cellars...

This past winter, I rediscovered Syrah via the red wines of the Northern Rhône River, most notably...

Its hard to believe, but what is now Santa Barbara County used to be the main wine supplier...

I’ve been ignoring New World wines on Opening a Bottle lately, probably because I’m going through a roots phase...

Showing Off the Potential of Gewürz