There’s always another word-of-the-moment making the rounds among the wine set. Sexy? So very 2009. But what does it actually mean? Different things to different people, but... read more →
I never thought about the different soil types of the Anjou until... read more →
To recap from last month: The penultimate white grape of the Loire, contrary to popular belief, is not sauvignon blanc, but the other blanc: chenin. That late ripening... read more →
I was standing with Aubert de Villaine, the managing director of the iconic winery Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. We were... read more →
Basalt, straight from the earth’s core to the glass. I was out west preparing to get into trouble. My task was to talk terroir at... read more →
Alsace’s vineyard ribbon squiggles 105 miles from (almost) Strasbourg in the north to (almost) Mulhouse in the south. The land is... read more →
I first became acquainted with tuffeau when I visited Clos Roche Blanche in 2002. The domaine house and yellow caves beneath the sauvignon vines were... read more →
Considering some of my wine hotspots are Alsace, northern Rhône, Sierra Foothills,... read more →