Palate Press

3 min read

Peter Mondavi. Sr. is holding a cork from a 1966 bottle of Charles Krug Cabernet Sauvignon, rolling the blackened cylinder in fingers seamed with age and work. He was 52 when he made this wine and it’s held up well, still a rich garnet, savory with hints of dark red

The ones that (nearly) got away

Simon J Woolf

Feature Stories

3 min read

People who write about wine seem to have a really bad habit of navel-gazing. I know of few other sectors where so many column inches are devoted to what wine writers should be writing about – and how. My reaction is simple - who cares? Wine lovers/geeks/connoisseurs are enough of

Super Bordeaux? Bordelais experiment with Syrah

Roger Morris

Feature Stories

4 min read

Thomas Duroux, winemaker at Château Palmer, likes to add some young Syrah wine from the Rhone to that made at his Margaux estate wine to construct a special cuvée. So does Caroline Frey down the road at Château La Lagune. Consultants/winemakers Michel and Dany Rolland have experimented with the combination on

Travel Channel’s Booze Traveler drinks all around

Becky Sue Epstein

Feature Stories

3 min read

Cocktails, Culture and Customs from Turkey to Tennessee: With Jack Maxwell, host of Travel Channel’s new Booze Traveler series. Once there was a little kid who snuck into bars in South Boston and shined shoes. You could to do this in Southie a few decades ago, if you were a

Best of 2014: The X factor or, how I learned to love big reds in Northern Greece

Michelle Locke

Feature Stories

4 min read

In this piece, originally published in September, columnist Michelle Locke tackles tongue twisters and tongue pleasers in Northern Greece. I knew going in that Xinomavro was going to be a challenge. After all, you know you’re tasting something a little bit different when you have to start with a pronunciation

Best of 2014: The Women of Italian Wine Never Give Up

Elisabetta Tosi

Feature Stories

4 min read

This week we will be running some of our favorite pieces from 2014 by our esteemed panel of columnists. Enjoy! When we talk about Italian wines, we usually talk about the men behind them, but in doing so we forget that the Italian wine world is made up of both

My favorite wines of 2014

Becky Sue Epstein

Feature Stories

2 min read

I can’t tell you how many hundreds of wines I’ve tasted this year. Wait, that sounds snobby. In truth, I’m privileged to be able to sample and evaluate wines all around the world – and sometimes I even get to drink them. Evaluating wines in a region often leads to

Countdown to New Year’s Eve: Vintage Champagne and more

Becky Sue Epstein

Feature Stories

5 min read

This is the final week of our exploration of different types of sparkling wines –Champagne included, of course – so you’ll be able to make a great choice for your New Year’s Eve occasion. Rather than an exhaustive explanation of champagnes and sparkling wines, this series is meant to provide

Wine

The Col Vetoraz Winery Viewpoint on Prosecco

The Philosophy of Rosé: From the Costaripa Winery on Lake Garda

The Story of Spain’s Top Wine Estates

Random

From Grape to Grain

Spirits

Why Low-Alcoholic Wine May Be Increasing & An Adult Beverage Option; Even No-Alc can be Tasty

A Dog, a Mountain Hike and Gin

A Life-Saving Whiskey of Forests and Caramel

Random

Old fashioned virtues

Travel

Wine Country Hospitality in Amador County

Why is Arianna Occhipinti a Winemaking Legend?

Top of the Mark Lounge in San Francisco Celebrates 85 years

Random

Memorable Sunsets and Cuisine at Elk Cove Inn

Hospitality

Wine Country Hospitality in Amador County

Top of the Mark Lounge in San Francisco Celebrates 85 years

Women Chefs Seed Plant Forward Dining at The Grove in Napa

Random

Wine Country Hospitality in Amador County

Vino Veteran: Peter Mondavi looks back at 100

The ones that (nearly) got away

Super Bordeaux? Bordelais experiment with Syrah

Travel Channel’s Booze Traveler drinks all around

Best of 2014: The X factor or, how I learned to love big reds in Northern Greece

Best of 2014: The Women of Italian Wine Never Give Up

My favorite wines of 2014

Countdown to New Year’s Eve: Vintage Champagne and more