Spanish offer great discount wines The question I am most often asked is where to buy the best discount wines. I have often answered in various ways, and one of the best in recent months has
Read MoreZinfandel: Mystery Grape Once upon a time, Zinfandel was the mystery grape whose origin was unknown, but it made two kinds of wine that were widely appreciated: a slightly pink wine and a Beaujolais-like red. We knew that Zinfandel was a California original, grown nowhere else, and
Read MoreA lot of what we are asked to buy these days is sweet wine masquerading as dry. I have often received letters from readers mentioning that some of the Sauvignon Blancs they had were slightly sweet wines, and they wanted to know why they couldn’t find
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Most of the prestige wine producers in Europe make a scant number of wines. Of the five First-Growth Bordeaux producers, for example (Chateau Latour
Read MoreThe Kleenex of White Wine: American Chardonnay We all have a story to tell about our introduction and seduction into the world of wine. Most of us started with white wines, unless Jewish and drinking Mogen David for Passover dinners. Many start with sweeter wines, but
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Bright and Crisp: Sauvignon Blanc An amazingly versatile white wine, Sauvignon Blanc is now very popular. Some versions, a bit on the distinctly grassy style, appeal to wine lovers, notably those Sauvignon Blancs from New Zealand with their assertive aroma characteristics. But milder styles of SB, such as
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Other Grapes than Cab, Chard, etc. There are other grapes that make delicious wines worth exploring. We all have a habit of sticking with what we like, but it limits us from actually knowing
Read MoreWine of Royalty: Pinot Noir One of the world’s noblest varieties, Pinot Noir makes the great red Burgundies of France and recently has taken the world by storm from regions such as Oregon, California’s cooler regions, New Zealand, and other cooler regions of the world. The problems
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