The Importance of Taming a Shrew
THE CHALLENGES AND BEAUTY OF PETITE SIRAH by Randy Caparoso If there was ever a case for putting aside varietal assumptions, I found it at a recent event called the Petite
THE CHALLENGES AND BEAUTY OF PETITE SIRAH by Randy Caparoso If there was ever a case for putting aside varietal assumptions, I found it at a recent event called the Petite
ACCOUNTING FOR THE TERROIR-DRIVEN CHARACTER OF SANTA LUCIA HIGHLANDS PINOT NOIR story and by Randy Caparoso “And the wind,” Jimi Hendrix famously sang, “cries Mary.” I’ve never figured out exactly
ANALYZING—AND TASTING—AN APPROACH TO WINEMAKING THAT MAY PREVENT OXIDATION by Deborah Parker Wong OXIDATION IS A GARDEN-VARIETY wine fault: one that’s easily recognized and, thankfully, rarely encountered in most commercial
REVIEWING ENGLISH SPARKLERS AND CHILEAN REDS AT LE TAILLEVENT IN PARIS by Steven Spurrier FOLLOWING A SIMILAR presentation at 67 Pall Mall in London, Decanter Man of the Year Eduardo
BREAKING DOWN HOW RESTAURANT SOMMELIERS CAN PERFORM AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL by Randy Caparoso THE DAYS OF sommeliers existing exclusively in a world of wine cellars, trade tastings, free lunches, and busman’s
The Birthplace of Garnacha Offers the World Distinctive New Wines Cultivated From Old Vines by Bob Bath, MS. There’s something wonderfully unique about Spanish wine, and, in my experience, it’s impossible to fall in
EXPLORING THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF PORTUGAL’S MOST SIGNIFICANT WINE REGION by Michael Biddick While strolling through the cobblestone streets of Lisbon to navigate its many wine bars, it’s hard
NAMED FOR ITS ELEVATION, THIS ASPEN SUPPER CLUB IS RAISING THE BAR SKY-HIGH by Ruth Tobias WHAT DO YOU get when you cross a movie actor-turned-restaurateur, a DJ, a couple
by Robert Bath, MS For many of us, our seminal wine moment arrived via a bottling from the Côte d’Or. Ironically, this region represents only 15 percent of the total
