Hugh Johnson has taken up the challenge of wine writer Simon Woolf to taste a selection of orange wines after Woolf took exception to Johnson’s...
28 years ago, Chef Daniel Bruce founded the Boston Wine Festival. In the nearly three decades since, it has grown into one of the most...
You will often hear winemakers waxing lyrical about the merits of being hands-off, letting the winemaking happen in the vineyard and having minimum intervention. But...
Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance is playing in the background. She is weirdly popular in a country where most of the population can’t understand the lyrics...
In all of Champagne, only a few tiny parcels of land were mysteriously untouched by a phylloxera blight that ravaged European winemakers in 1863, ruining...
Sardinia is a lovely island off the southwestern coast of Italy. While it is part of Italy, its heritage and influences are as much Spanish...
I’ve tasted wines of the Central Coast for some time without much knowledge of the place where they came from and why the Pinot Noirs...
Based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy novel series “A Song of Ice and Fire”, the television series “Game Of Thrones” is aired officially on...
With grapes solidly post-fermentation across the Northern Hemisphere, winemakers are finally beginning to give thanks for a little free time in their schedules. Now that...
There’s a visceral reaction the first time you taste an orange wine. It doesn’t fit into all the boxes your wine brain has organized—too rich...
The famed red rocks of Sedona draw visitors from around the world. But less than half an hour away from Sedona’s tourist crowds is an...
CORNAS, France (AFP) – Hirotake Ooka does not do anything by half. For nearly two decades the former Japanese chemist has been on a quest...
This unique cab’s savory flavors, coupled with bright acid, makes it a tasty food-friendly wine. It has raspberry fruit, coupled with notes of cassis, anise,...
The percentage of cabernet sauvignon grown in the Napa Valley continues to be on the rise. This is primarily due to economic considerations: When a...
This year’s holiday gift guide features an idea for every budget with gifts that range in price from $17.99 to $1,499. To make the cut...