good length

A Bootful of Wine - Tasting Notes from Italy A visit to Terrabianca ... and some savoury characters, good length and structure.” I can understand why this is their “house wine” - is a ripper. It has 13.5%...

Carmignano   I will devote this column to the small appellation of Carmignano. Carmignano is the Tuscan appellation closest to where we are living in Prato. It is small and had to fight for its inclusion in the DOCG...

I just read this on wine access, and found it interesting. I love a full, rich, chewy wine. Yet, to pay the type of $$$ for a true representation of a good Chateauneuf-du-Pape that is aged well, I cannot and will not. I...

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...

Wine Guerrilla: Defender of Old Vine Zinfandel Wine Guerilla is a specialist operation run by Bruce Patch, who is intent on sourcing great fruit from some of Sonoma’s best vineyard sites to create...

Tasted at the end of spring/beginning of summer a 2007 Domaine Durieu Chateauneuf du Pape "Cuvee Lucille Avril". Got a couple bottles for a little bit north of $40. Deep purple color, even opaque, lots of dark berries,...

Imdurand, during very, very slow years when I travel at length to places where wines are few and far between, I taste a couple of hundred different wines, and during busy years multiples of that. In no way am I in the wine...