Author: gusclemens

While most of America focused on the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 6, in the wine world all eyes were on a single email.
In the email, Robert Parker, 63-year-old founder of Wine Advocate and most influential wine critic in history, announced the beginning of his withdrawal from tasting responsibilities, specifically of California wine. Continue reading →

Okay, you find yourself buying more bottles than you are drinking.
Your assemblage looks awesome in the dining room or that closet in extra bedroom. You have multiple rhapsodic choices at cork pulling time. You contemplate the next step: a cellar or wine cooler to protect your investment and house your horde. Continue reading →

Waggish wine wisdom: Gamay grapes are wine world’s simplest red grapes and make the only white wine that happens to be red. Continue reading →

So, you picked your ancestors well, or you did well in the markets, or you bought the right lottery ticket. Now you ponder investing in wine for quick, easy money. Continue reading →

Washington State enjoys growing reputation as world-class producer, a status achieved in less than 40 years. Continue reading →

What you think you know about Washington State, particularly its wine country, likely is wrong. Continue reading →

Washington State is one of wine’s better-kept secrets, although that is changing. Continue reading →

Sémillon is grape that stars in improbable marriages: with Sauvignon Blanc in classic blends made in France and Australia; with fungus Botrytis cinerea in Sauternes region of Bordeaux to create world’s longest-lived unfortified wines. Continue reading →

Disaster alert: Australian wine industry. Continue reading →

New Years and weddings are times most people enjoy “champagne”—the name many people use for sparkling wine in general, although it correctly applies only to sparkling made in Champagne region of France. Continue reading →