WINE TASTING NOTE: NV Gruet Demi-Sec December 04, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK For our very small Thanksgiving, I volunteered to bring the dessert wine. It’s not that I don’t like …
WINE ESSENTIALS: Special Club & Grower Champagne December 03, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK The opening line of David White’s classic 2016 book But First, Champagne declares that “Life is worth celebrating!” …
WINE TASTING NOTE: Schlumberger Grüner Veltliner Brut Klassik 2017 December 03, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK I’ve had a thing for Grüner Veltliner for a few years now, since my husband and I enjoyed …
WINE Three Surprising Napa Sparklers to Try Now December 03, 2020 Ahhh, those great memories of Napa in the spring, on that first truly warm day, finishing an appointment with Mumm …
WINE DISTILLED: Bubbles Week, French Fries, and Oysters December 02, 2020 It’s Distilled—our weekly look at booze news from the Globe and beyond. Sign up! Go Ahead and Pop the …
WINE Natural Selection: The Ongoing Evolution of Pommery December 01, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK We’ll always be thankful to Madame Pommery. Light her a candle, sing her a song, dance with her …
WINE Heading Off the Beaten Bubbles Path with Graham Beck December 01, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK Most oenophiles visiting South Africa head straight to the wine lands that surround charming Franschhoek and savvy Stellenbosch. …
WINE Two New Bottlings from Billecart-Salmon Evolve the Classic Maison’s Offerings November 30, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK The name Billecart-Salmon is usually pronounced with a kind of reverence and longing—and maybe even a bit of …
WINE Welcome to Bubbles Week November 30, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK It is, for once, no exaggeration to say that there is nothing else quite like it. Ships may …
WINE Here—Again—Is How to Make a Simple Wine Gravy November 26, 2020 This year is going to be different. Maybe you’re only making gravy for two. Maybe you need a little extra …
WINE TASTING NOTE: 2014 Willful Pinot Noir November 24, 2020 My relationship to Oregon pinots has been rocky. Too many are the loud guy at the end of the bar—too …
WINE ESSENTIALS: Beaujolais November 19, 2020 It’s the third Thursday in November, so winemakers in Beaujolais release the 2020 vintage. Yes, pandemic or no, it’s that …
WINE Wines from the Caucasus Have Got Georgia On Our Mind November 12, 2020 The Soviet era decimated the nation of Georgia’s wine industry, in nearly all respects—but it’s hard to halt an 8,000-year-old …
WINE Maybe, Just Maybe, Dessert Wine Won’t Be Just for Dessert Anymore November 10, 2020 It is the second wave of the French COVID lockdown—or, as the French call it, le confinement—and Olivier Trégoat, the …
WINE Flying High with Aileron Estates November 04, 2020 Decades after helping her family launch their iconic O’Shaughnessy Wine Estate in Napa, Shannon O’Shaughnessy has forged her own path …
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