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Pairing Roast Turkey and Syrah By Forming a Flavor Bridge As many of you know I adore Nebbiolo, and have a soft spot in my heart for aged California Cabernet. What may be surprising to many is that...

I've seen my tastes change over the decades. I started with cheap Italian and Portuguese wines then took a turn with ZInfandel and ripe California wines before moving on to Bordeaux and then the Rhone, first south then...

Five Decades of Oddero with Isabella Oddero Isabella Oddero in the cellars   I had the pleasure of welcoming Isabella Oddero to New York last month. I have tasted with Isabella in the cantina at Oddero for several years...

I wasn't going to post anything but since this thread is still going . . . You can find a million wines under $15 but the question is whether you yourself would like to drink them. The more people who answer, the more...

Spicy Green Chili Stew and a Fiesty Red Mencia from Spain tames this bold dish As the weather cools and my thoughts turn to hearty stews and braises, it’s nice to be able to transition slowly from...

Drunk - pinot noir is one of the fashionable grapes. Not altogether because of ... over the season and it isn't over ripe, it can produce very good and complex, age-worthy wines. Italy makes some pretty good merlot IMO....

The Brilliance of Burlotto I recently had the chance to spend dinner with 4 wines from one of my favorite producers;; Commendatore G.B. Burlotto. Not only does Burlotto produce traditionally styled Barolo, but from some...

I've tried another vintage of this wine, at a wine tasting. It was a pretty good wine, but I'm not certain I'd give it 95+. I'm also fairly certain that I wouldn't give it 77. I would have thought that even if they did...

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...

Are there in fact any from Bordeaux any more? I can't think of any. From Cahors, Lagrezette is always on everyone's list, maybe because it's imported. I'm not a fan for the most part. But as it happens, I just noticed...