The history of the vineyards that surround the town of Chablis is a long one as they were planted by the early Romans about 2,000 years ago.
The soils of clay, chalk and billions of oyster shells fro...
The first job that Samuele Sebastiani had in his new country was hauling stones in a horse-drawn cart from Sonoma to San Francisco, using a ferry to cross the bridgeless bay.
He saved his money and i...
I first met Joe and his wife at their Napa Valley home back in 1978, when my new bride and I sat around their kitchen table, tasted his wines, and found out why this valley was destined for glory.
So...
I have unique and fond memories of Port-au-Prince and it was there in Haiti, in the early 1500s, that the Spanish discovered a method of roasting meat over an open fire that the natives called “barabi...
If you are in the Burgundy region of France you may be standing on the 47th latitude north, follow this to the far west and you will be very close to the vineyards of Oregon.
If you journey south you...
Ten years before I became involved with the wine trade, in the entire world there was only one small, 17-acre vineyard, producing about 200 cases a year of our featured variety today.
The grape calle...
I know that you will say that 96 per cent of all wine purchased in the USA, and probably here, is consumed within 24 hours. By the way, most white wine enjoyed on our Island consists of Sauvignon Blan...
I must advise you dear reader that despite the heading, if you carry on you will see that I am not about to suggest the correct wine(s) to accompany said pie, but only that by happenstance both crosse...
The ancient Romans gave it the name Val (valley) poli (many) cella (cellars) and Valpolicella is a viticultural area in the province of Verona where the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara grapes are gro...
Some say that this grape takes its name from a local black bird in France called Merlau, as it resembles the same dark colour, but I suspect their propensity to eat the sweet, ripe grapes is the real ...
