Vintage Grape

Although I seem to remember the odd reference to 'Canary Sack' in old English literature (including Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV), I hadn't really seen much less tasted any until I found myself passing...

Expectations and experience tend to soften excitement in wine, muffling the high pitch of greatness to meager moans. It can be difficult to savor the high highs once a sensory resume has been established, just as the...

Hey everyone, again I'm sorry it took so long to sit down and reply. It has been one of the hardest weeks of the year that ended last night with a very successful wine and food event. Onto my response. First, sorry I...

And here's a link to the Tannat from Chateau O'Brien that I believe the good Dr. was refering to: http://www.chateauobrien.com/wines/detail/limited_reserve_tannat/ I would LOVE to give this a try... and wonder if any of...

Not really and FAR more important is the person doing the rating and the region. For example, I am not a math teacher. I look at some math textbooks and I state with certainty that book A is better than book B. What are...

For context - Greg DP drinks wines that are older than half of the people posting on this board! Actually I agree with him. The thing about most of the Rioja wines that bear the Reserva or Gran Reserva label is that...

In the late '70s I was traveling a lot between Japan and the Mediterranean, with all sorts of stops inbetween. I made it back home to California once in the summer of '76 then again at the end of '79. No California wines...

Chaptalization is still legal there but I'm not sure exactly who will admit to it. As far as acidity in cool or warm climate grapes goes, that's true because of the way in which grapes ripen. I assume you're talking about...

Felton Road reaches new heights with their latest releases The View from Felton Road across the Pinot Noir vines of Block 3, center background I was glad to have had the chance to spend some time with...

Taking another Look at Ceretto Last week was a bountiful week for this Barolo lover. Not only did I enjoy a great Oddero dinner with friends and Isabella Oddero in attendance, but I was able to follow that up with an old...