The conditions seemed just right to the ancient Romans — the soils, the climate that was moderated by the ocean, and the Garonne river running through Bordeaux offered easy shipping.
And so, around ab...
Last week, much of the talk was of fires in California and I thought back to the event when Marvin Shankin, of The Wine Spectator, thanked about 2,000 of us for supporting New York City during a time ...
Raised on a South Dakota farm, Jerry Lohr understood the relationship between the land and growing crops and in the late 1960’s he decided to search for the perfect spot to grow wine grapes. This led...
Although it took place many years ago, I often think of an incident that happened one evening on our porch.
Our friends Roberto and Maja Guldener were visiting our island from Tuscany. I offered wine...
So you are going to a friend’s house for dinner and wonder what wine to take.
You suspect that they may serve chicken, turkey, salmon or tuna.
Someone whispers valdiguie to you and explains that it ...
What a close call indeed. A mere ten years before I became involved with this wonderful wine trade one of my favourite grapes today was down to eight acres, producing 200 cases a year in the northern ...
Warren Bogle is the president and vineyard director, Jody Bogle is director of public relations and Ryan Bogle is VP and CFO, so when you are dealing with Bogle Vineyards in Clarksburg, California you...
Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery was founded in 1993, with the vision of producing premium, expressive and innovative wines that convey the spirit of the New World. Their name refers to the company’s geogr...
All wine publications have their way of evaluating the bottles that they usually taste blind. Most now use the 100-point system that I believe Robert Parker started, and here is how he explains it.
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It was in the year 1900 that Fernande, the wife of Georges de Latour, first looked out over a piece of land in the Rutherford area of Napa Valley.
She called it “beau lieu” or “beautiful place”. The...
