Category: Facts About Wine

Many steps and decisions went into making the wine you will enjoy tonight. This week and the following eight weeks, we visit the magical journey from soil and sunshine to the sublime liquid you enjoy. Continue reading →

Deep amber color; dried fruits, marmalade, toffee, oak on the nose; caramel, raisins, dried apricot, honey on the palate. Continue reading →

There is a lot of information on a wine label. Some of it germane: producer, grape variety or type of wine, vintage. Continue reading →

Wine makers recognized climate change years ago. Many vine growers have meticulous records dating back a hundred years. For them, global warming is not speculation, it is real and their livelihoods depend on responding to it. Continue reading →

Deep straw color; pear, honeydew melon, apple, white flowers on the nose; ripe pear, green apple, honeydew melon, citrus, minerality on the palate. Continue reading →

Medium-deep amber; strawberry, blackberry, toffee, cinnamon on the nose; honey, strawberry jam, blackcurrant, plum on the palate. Continue reading →

We are in the last weeks of winter and soon vineyards will begin their warm weather cycle. They have not been idle the past cold months. Continue reading →

On one level “judging wine” is distasteful. A lodestone of my approach to wine is drink what you enjoy and ignore supercilious pronunciamentos from wine snobs. Continue reading →

How many bottles of wine can be made from a single grapevine? Interesting question. This being wine, no simple answer. Continue reading →

Wine pricing—guaranteed to vex vino votaries. Continue reading →