On our recent trip to Oregon, my family and I arrived in the Willamette Valley on Father’s Day. The valley...
Last week, I did a second tour in two years through the Willamette Valley of Oregon. While this was a family...
Here’s a little story that — in its own little way — sums up the differences between winemaking in the...
Why do we buy the wine we buy? What are our motivations in selecting this bottle instead of that bottle?...
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 through the Navarro...
When I started Opening a Bottle last year, I didn’t realize that I would get the chance to meet so many...
Here’s a ridiculously complicated, nuanced topic I could never cover in a single blog post: Pinot Noir from Burgundy vs....
Ahh, the 100-point system for scoring wine. Is there a taller lightning rod in wine circles than its ubiquity and...
This past winter, I rediscovered Syrah via the red wines of the Northern Rhône River, most notably the barely-in-my-price-range wines...
I’ve been ignoring New World wines on Opening a Bottle lately, probably because I’m going through a roots phase with France and Italy...