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2012 Elena Walch Gewurtztraminer

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
After tasting Elena Walch’s wines with her some years ago, I have had the utmost respect for her as a winemaker. However, the samples I’ve been getting in the last few months have had a disturbing bitter note to them. This gewurtztraminer has a classic rose aroma, and a lovely gold

2012 Muralhas de Monção Vinho Verde

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose shows grass, lemon-lime, and grapefruit aromas. The palate leads with soft lemon lime flavors, the bright acids counter-balanced with ginger snap. Fresh, bright, and just slightly frizzante, this is made for picnic blankets and lazy summer afternoons. Drink with fried chicken. Recommended. 87. Who: Adega de Monção What: Alvarinho plus

Wine Bath and Beyond

Daniel Demers
Features
3 min read
“That wine has been in the bath room for one week, and you is the thirty-eighth person that bathed in it.” A story about bathing in wine was first published in 1859 in numerous U.S. periodicals. Variations were republished over the next three decades. At first blush, it seems a

The Wine Guy in the Real World

Ben Carter
Features
4 min read
Wine chats should sound more like The Office than Sideways I can talk about Japanese efficiency methods all day but most people doze off after 30 seconds.  However, when it comes to wine, people are instantly and totally engaged.  Particularly if there’s the chance of me sharing some samples with

What I Learned About Wine from Neil deGrasse Tyson

Evan Dawson
Features
4 min read
One of the great science minds of our time, and almost certainly the finest science communicator of our time, is a wine lover. Neil deGrasse Tyson has a well documented love of wine; apparently when he’s not working on unlocking the secrets of the cosmos, he’s trying to understand the