brunello

Brunello: Beyond the Hype

W. Blake Gray
Feature Stories
5 min read
I never understood the appeal of Brunello di Montalcino. I haven't bought many because it's expensive, and it usually tastes like a bulky Super Tuscan to me, even though it should contain only Sangiovese. Last year I went to an oenophile's dream tasting in Montalcino. Sitting at a table with

Monday’s Martini – A Clockwork Monkey

David Honig
New Releases
1 min read
Monkey 47 is not your typical London Dry Gin. If you want to think London think Malcom McDowell's Alex, raging through a futuristic London in the first 20 minutes of A Clockwork Orange. Barely recognizable from just hints of juniper, it's pounding milk-plus and doing ultra-violence, with Beethoven from its home in Germany
burgundymovie

Burgundy: Hearts or Minds?

Simon J Woolf
Features
3 min read
My first education in wine came from my mum - a woman who loved fermented juice in a simple, unpretentious way, and who rarely if ever bought a bottle that cost more than $20. Bordeaux wines, she told me, were for the mind - the intellect even. Whereas Burgundy and Pinot
Chateau-Bu-De2

A Perfect Wine on the East Coast?

Roger Morris
Features
8 min read
Once you’ve tasted victory, its flavor tends to linger in your mouth. Especially if victory’s flavor flows from the nectar of 100-point red wines, wines you have personally sealed into the bottles. From 2002 to 2005, John Irving Levenberg was a leader of the team that garnered California’s Paul Hobbs

Monday’s Martini – Dry Fly Washington Gin

David Honig
New Releases
1 min read
It's Monday again. I got through it. How about you? Let's celebrate. Today we're going to start with Dry Fly Washington Gin, a delightful offering from Dry Fly Distilling, in Spokane, Washington. It's a lovely gin, intensely fruity, with berries taking the front seat to traditional juniper. Too much vermouth,
laura-albertini and her family

In Memoriam: Laura Albertini

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
1 min read
Laura Albertini, young owner of the small winery Terre di Pietra (mentioned in my recent column on this year’s Amarone tastings), passed away suddenly on the first of March, 2017. Married to Cristiano Saletti and the mother of two children, Anna and Alice (pictured above), Laura was just 36 years