WINE ESSENTIALS: Champagne! December 31, 2020 “I drink it when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have …
WINE TASTING NOTE: 2017 Robert Mondavi The Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon December 22, 2020 The 2017 The Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon ($175) from Robert Mondavi Winery is a bottle for a celebration—even a small, socially-distanced …
WINE A Very Pleasant Re-Trial: The Judgment of Paris, Again December 15, 2020 THE GIFT GUIDE: WHAT TO GET FOR THE HARD TO GET FOR By now, even casual wine drinkers probably know …
WINE When Varietals Go Virtual December 10, 2020 A couple of weeks ago, I spent a pleasant Saturday afternoon with a great French winemaker and a few friends …
WINE The Stars at Night Are Big and Bright. Same for the Pet-Nats. December 06, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK [Editor’s note: To close out Bubbles Week, a survey of Texas Pet-Nat!] There’s something about those friendly, unpretentious, …
WINE In Healdsburg, Breathless Honors One Powerful Mother December 05, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK In 2012, in Healdsburg, sisters Sharon Cohn, Cynthia Faust, and Rebecca Faust founded a winery, Breathless, to honor …
WINE And Now, the Great Cheap Prosecco Blind Tasting December 04, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK Here at Wine and Whiskey Globe, when we say “cheap,” we mean it in a conversational, not derogatory …
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 …
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