Bordeaux Week: Hail Bordeaux (Or Not, Please)

Erika Szymanski
Feature Stories
6 min read
If you're at all interested in French wine, you've heard that parts of Bordeaux were smashed by multiple severe hail storms this past July, August, and September. While many of the swankiest appellations were spared, damage to parts of Entre-Deux-Mers, along with Sainte-Estèphe and Pauillac, was flabbergasting. Some vineyards lost

Bordeaux Week: Finding Wines that You Can Drink

W. Blake Gray
Features
10 min read
What if I told you there's a region with 6th-generation family-owned wineries, passionate young winemakers, and distinctive red and white wines that are truly reflective of their terroir? What if I told you these wines can be had for under $20? That the reds are ageworthy, but can be drunk

2009 Chateau du Lort

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Grippy and well-made, this is a nice wine at a great price. Black currant and a touch of earth show on the nose. Blackberry, espresso, and unsweetened chocolate lead on the palate, adding licorice on the mid-palate, which lingers with the chocolate on the finish. Tannins are tight throughout. Drink

Winetrepreneurs: Mike Anderson and MTGA Wines

Kristina Anderson
Feature Stories
4 min read
Mike Anderson got “very little pressure” from his parents to step into the family business at Anderson’s Conn Valley Vineyards. Friends of his parents and clients of the winery were not so subtle. That outside pressure “happened with enough frequency that when I was applying to colleges, I felt a

Palate Press Grand Tasting Awards

Palate Press
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Best of Show Türk Grüner Veltliner Eiswein Best White Wine 2011 Beauregard Bald Mountain Vineyard Chardonnay Best Red Wine 2009 Penley Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Gold Medals 2011 Beauregard Bald Mountain Vineyard Chardonnay 2008 Ceja Vineyards Dulce Besso 2009 Cornerstone "The Cornerstone" Napa Valley 2010 Dobbes Family Estate "Griffin's Cuvee"

Keyword Organic: What does this mean in Italy

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
3 min read
In Italy, people go crazy for anything “organic.” Food, wine, buildings, the economy, the environment, clothing... it all has to somehow be “green” or “natural.” In the collective imagination, “organic” is synonymous with health and cleanliness.  It is respectful of nature’s rhythms -- much more so than the ordinary things

A Consumer Revolution in Wine

David White
Features
2 min read
"This democratization of wine is great," asserted Jancis Robinson, one of the world's leading wine authorities, over coffee one recent morning. Robinson was in Washington, D.C., to promote the seventh edition of The World Atlas of Wine, the indispensable reference book co-authored with Hugh Johnson. Robinson has spent the last