Within the Rhône Valley, rosé wines are indisputably led by the dark crimson wines of Tavel, a rosé-only wine appellation d’origine....
Read MoreThis ongoing series is devoted to the forgotten Bordeaux, what we call “the other Bordeaux,” and this report covers the Right Bank, focusing on a few appellations near Saint-Émilion and...
Read MoreMy final report on wines from the Loire Valley includes noble sweet wines: two rare Domaine Huet Vouvrays and two Domaine Ogereau Chenins de botrytis....
Read MoreThis report of 602 wines consists mainly of 2020s and 2019s, with some great wines. But you will also find a few 2021s and even some 2017s and 2016s....
Read MoreTaking over coverage of Bordeaux has been rich with interest, so I’ve dedicated this year’s “favorites” entirely to the reds and whites of the Gironde. I hope this selection may...
Read MoreHot weather and outdoor cooking go together like salads and rosé, hamburgers and rosé, grilled chicken and rosé....
Read MoreThe Perigord is not one of my regions, but the wines of Château Monestier La Tour deserve to be noticed—they are excellent and also very good value for money....
Read MoreIn the Côte d’Or, Lamy is producing some of contemporary Burgundy’s most exciting wines from his experimental plantings of high-density Chardonnay....
Read MoreWhile Bordeaux’s 2021 isn’t a great vintage, it has produced several genuinely great wines, as well as many good to excellent wines....
Read MoreThis small report looks at Pol Roger's newly released 2015 vintage bottlings, as well as the 2013 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill....
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