When you stroll down the wine walls at your wine or grocery store, it’s easy to think wine is made everywhere. It is not. Continue reading “Wine latitudes”
Category: Recent Columns
Merlot-Pinot Noir
Paul Giamatti’s character Miles Raymond in the movie Sideways was as passionately anti-merlot as he was passionately pro-pinot noir. Continue reading “Merlot-Pinot Noir”
Biodynamic viticulture
Biodynamic viticulture takes organic vineyard farming to a whole new existential level. Continue reading “Biodynamic viticulture”
Organic vineyards
What does the term “organic” mean in wine making? Continue reading “Organic vineyards”
Labor Day
Labor Day cometh. We again face fading days of summer. We again pass through the portal between baseball, beaches, and backyard barbecues into the autumnal realm of football, falling leaves, and harvest feasts. Continue reading “Labor Day”
Tempranillo
Spain! Blood in the sand on a sunny afternoon. Explosive passion. Bold, reckless courage amid urgent, masculine strums of a guitar and taunting clicks of flamenco heels. Continue reading “Tempranillo”
Wine myths
Myth busters enjoy a field day with wine. Some examples: Continue reading “Wine myths”
Modern wine
Wine has so intimately intertwined with humans for more than 8,000 years we tend to think what we sip today is similar, maybe the same, as ancient Greeks and Romans and Christians tasted. Continue reading “Modern wine”
Wine beginnings
Wine has been regarded as a miraculous gift from divinities since time out of memory. Continue reading “Wine beginnings”
Paso Robles II
Paso Robles AVA’s ambition to earn a place in the Pantheon of California’s epic wine regions is not far-fetched. Continue reading “Paso Robles II”