International Fine Wines

Two Chefs Compare Notes One's a little country, one's a little big city. I’ve read a lot of cookbooks in my life. Some are indispensible reference works, some are entirely dispensable regifts,...

I think more discussion of regional wines is an excellent idea. It seems to me that there are really two (at least) perspectives regarding wine. Discovery and discussion of fine wines on the international scene, as well...

The Decanter blurb may have been truncated but it said that the producers wanted to show that Australia could produce "fine wine", and to join the clique you had to have a winery of some age and vineyards of some age,...

Thanks, GregT, for pointing to the interview link with Caillard. If others missed clicking it, as I did, here's a direct link: http://www.decanter.com/specials/287333.html The man seems balanced and astute in very many of...

Viennese specialty wine the Gemischter Satz has been admitted to the international Slow Food Foundation’s Ark of Taste. A Gemischter Satz is a wine made from a variety of grapes . In contrast to a cuvee, up to 20...

About this time in 1999, I took an unknowing, impassioned first step into what has now turned into a ten-year love affair with wine.  Today I find myself back in my old stomping grounds of New York City pouring wines at...

We had a great tasting last night and it focused on one of my favorite grapes, Sangiovese. While not generally well disposed towards producing the flashy style of wine that quickly gets people's attention, the brisk...

Cameron Hughes - Amazing Wines, Amazing Value The classic model for wine sales includes not only the private domains, but also the often neglected negociant. Simply put a negociant buys wine to be resold under his or her...

This week's Wine and Music Pairing includes a 2006 Pinot Noir from Kent Rasmussen's Esoterica label and a track called 'Vine to Vine' from Matthew Dear's most recent full length album titled "Asa Breed". It's a rather...

I did not want to limit these entries to Italian wine, but news keeps leaking out of the boot that demands attention. No more information on the scandal in Brunello as of this writing, no, more of a tempest in a teapot...