NEWS SPIRITS WINE IWSR Shows Mixed Growth for the Spirits Industry January 10, 2023 IWSR (International Wines and Spirits Record), the UK bellwether for worldwide wine, beer, and spirits sales, released its 2022 market …
WINE TASTING NOTES: Bouchaine Vineyards 2019 Estate Pinot Noir and 2019 Estate Chardonnay December 02, 2022 Bouchaine Vineyards is the oldest continuously family-owned property in the Carneros AVA of Napa Valley. It was originally planted in …
WINE Take a Trip to Portugal and Drink it All In November 06, 2022 Porto is of course synonymous with its namesake grape and fortified wine. But the city—and Portugal overall—has so much more …
WINE TASTING NOTE: The Paring 2017 Red June 20, 2022 I’m an odd duck. I like to drink red wines during summertime—preferably outdoors at a barbecue—and white wines in the …
WINE A Few Glasses with Fiddlehead Cellars Founder Kathy Joseph May 16, 2022 Over Zoom, Kathy Joseph, owner of and winemaker for Fiddlehead Cellars, comes across as modest—self-effacing, even. My theory is she’s …
WINE It’s Earth Day. Drink a Boxed Wine. April 22, 2022 I was on a rather splendid vacation in Tuscany more than a decade ago when I discovered boxed wines. Or, …
WINE TASTING NOTE: 2021 Aslina Chardonnay April 18, 2022 Chardonnay can be divisive. Some people love it; some people don’t. For a long time, I fell into the latter …
WINE TASTING NOTE: Ram’s Gate Bush Crispo Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018 April 06, 2022 I assume it’s news to no one that more California Pinot Noir producers than not have moved on from the …
WINE TASTING NOTES: Le Serre Nuove Dell’Ornellaia 2019 & Poggio Alle Gazze Dell’Ornellaia 2019 March 29, 2022 Located in Tuscany’s Bolgheri region, Ornellaia was founded in 1981 and has been fully owned by the Frescobaldi family—whose expertise …
WINE Tasting Note: Oyster River Winegrowers’ 2020 Justice Cabernet Franc February 28, 2022 Maine isn’t the first place that comes to mind when I think of wine. Lobster, brews, blackberries—sure. But on a …
COCKTAILS WHISKEY WINE THE BEST THINGS WE DRANK IN 2021 December 30, 2021 Any tale of a cocktail that begins with “While in Hawaii,” especially if you don’t live there, has a chance …
WINE GIFT THIS! 2019 Hahn SLH Pinot Noir December 19, 2021 An ongoing gathering of the exquisite, fun, and hard-to-find— for the hard-to-buy-for friend on your list. Any wine from Monterey …
WHISKEY WINE GIFT THIS: Something Old, Something Woo! December 11, 2021 An ongoing gathering of the exquisite, fun, and hard-to-find, for the hard-to-buy-for friend on your list. Like you, I’m on …
WINE POSTCARDS FROM FRANCE: A Dispatch from the Burgundy Event of the Year December 05, 2021 Dateline: Beaune, France Last Sunday was auction day in Beaune for the 161st Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction, one …
WINE POSTCARDS FROM FRANCE: Drenched in Chablis November 23, 2021 We are enjoying the fall color as we drive through the rolling hills of Chablis. The leaves look as if …
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