While South Africa is home to more than 600 wineries in over 90 appellations, a small group of maverick winemakers are stealing the nation's spotlight, working with chenin blanc and Rhône varieties, off the beaten path in the Western Cape's Swartland-read more-
It was the wine of choice at the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine with Henry II of England. Pope John XXII made it his sacramental wine as well as his every day table wine. Peter the Great drank it before all other-read more-
To age or not to age? With wine, the question is hardly simple—the complications are practically countless, and the risk/reward quotient naturally intensifies over time. Personal taste, of course, is akey to determining if one should even be holding wines for the-read more-
Joon Song is a native Angeleno who discovered his budding love of wine during his college days in the Bay Area. After a few years back at home he left for law school in DC, where he will remain until-read more-