Category: Recent Columns

As we savor spring’s sweet kiss, greening grass and trees, eruptions of flowers both wild and garden-grown, our thoughts turn to sipping on the patio, picnicking in the park. Continue reading →

Madeira may be most famous wine you’ve never tasted. Continue reading →

Shopping for wine can be intimidating. Here are five tips to help you overcome vinophobia. Continue reading →

Cab or merlot—vino version of “Ginger or Mary Ann?” Continue reading →

New World. Old World. What’s with those wine categories? Continue reading →

Week two decoding wine parlance for those fascinated by wine but baffled by its terminology. Continue reading →

Wine is on a roll. More people enjoy it every day, nosing out beer as America’s alcohol drink of choice. Continue reading →

Like zombies in The Living Dead genre, Generation Y lurches forward inexorably, upending the wine world.
Generation Y (people born between 1980 and 2000) drink alcohol more than any generation in history—and part of that cohort is not yet even old enough to legally drink.
Game changer: surveys show Gen Y’s prefer wine over other alcoholic drinks. Continue reading →

When something is worth a lot of money, thieves notice and do what thieves do.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is pinot noir made in the Côte-d’Or (Golden Slope) region of Burgundy, France. Average price of a 750 ml bottle of their best offering, if you can get on the buy list, is between $12,000 and $15,000. It is the most expensive wine in the world. Continue reading →

Valentine’s Day. Dedicated to the one(s) you love.
Official color: red. Lingua franca: chocolate. Zeitgeist: romance.
Does wine have place in all this? Of course—this is a wine column. Continue reading →