Sharpen Your Palate with Régis Bouvier

Tasting the subtle differences between seemingly similar bottles of wine—from a single producer, a single grape variety, and a single vinta...

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The Rhône

Condrieu is often overshadowed by the great red-wine AOCs of the northern Rhône, but I’m not exaggerating when I say this bottle from André Perret...

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Unexpected Italian Whites

In February of 1887, a violent earthquake shook Liguria. In the wine village of Soldano, a massive landslide triggered by the tremor brought half of t...

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Tuscany

Great Sangiovese’s ability to soak in the aromas of its magical Tuscan surroundings, its food-friendly acidity, and its incredible aging potential a...

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From the Archives
Aldo Conterno: 1978 Barolo (February 1982 Newsletter)

Last spring I had the good fortune to accompany Burton Anderson through the Piemonte. Author of Vino, Anderson was touring the cellars to researc...

Looking Forward
Giulia Negri

It was a swampy summer afternoon in Beaune (yes, it does get hot in Burgundy from time to time) when I first tasted Giulia Negri’s wines. Not t...

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Lapierre Was There

Lapierre was there, flowing out of a barrel, the day of our wedding. Lapierre was there, in the form of a magnum, opened the day each of my daugh...

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Loire Valley Cornbread Supper Sampler

I recently read an article about a Southern American family who, some years ago, revived an old Louisiana tradition of “cornbread suppers,...

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