In 1309 the French-born Pope Clement V decided to pack up in Rome and move to Avignon in France and so the papacy was based there until 1377.
Clement’s successor decided that he had to have a special...
A quick explanation.
Early each week I hand in my text to The Royal Gazette and, as the layout in the actual newspaper varies from week to week, they often change my heading for the story to fit thei...
Each year Wine Enthusiast magazine publishes a list of their 100 best buys.
They explain it this way: “In a year when US gas prices, grocery prices, housing costs and interest rates all jumped dramat...
New wines have been arriving at quite a pace at Burrows Lightbourn.
This week we will stop in Australia, Chile and France and introduce you to grape varieties that are a little off the beaten path.
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As Mother Nature has just given us a reminder of her power, I am thinking of wines that can do the same – the type of wine that makes me want to listen to White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane, or hear a...
Nestled in the rolling hills of western Sonoma County, the Russian River/Green Valley appellation is a perfect microclimate for growing pinot noir.
Only ten miles from the Pacific Ocean and 50 miles ...
I was sitting at my desk when a messenger arrived to say that all students had to report to the assembly hall immediately. Once all the boys were seated (no girls in those days) the headmaster took ce...
Merlot commands a firm second place in overall acreage planted in our world and is only surpassed by cabernet sauvignon.
Cabernet is smaller and therefore has a larger skin-to-pulp ratio that results...
Finally, in 2020, a special day was created to celebrate a wine that was first produced almost 1,000 years ago in Tuscany, and so we now celebrate National Chianti Day on the first Friday of every Sep...
On August 30 we celebrate International Cabernet Sauvignon Day, so I intend to describe a few very fine ones to you. At 840,000 planted acres in the world, it can rightfully claim first place, as merl...