As the wines of the Côte d’Or’s most glamorous communes command seemingly ever-higher prices, there has never been a timelier moment to explore the Côte Chalonnaise and the less famous...
Read MoreThis report is a second installment of notes on the 2018 and 2017 vintages in Burgundy's Côte d'Or. For my introduction to the vintage, readers are directed to the first...
Read MoreHere is a third installment of notes on the 2018 and 2017 vintages from the Côte d'Or....
Read MoreAs COVID-19 ended my travels prematurely, this report includes releases from Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Franken and Württemberg that I tasted from November to mid-March....
Read MoreThe Zusslins cultivate Pinot Noir on the beautiful slopes of the Bollenberg, which to me finds its greatest expression in Zusslin’s Pinot Noirs....
Read MoreAfter a terrible year of disaster after disaster, it’s been refreshing to spend some time with the newly released 2018s from Willamette Valley....
Read MoreCalifornia has maybe half a dozen of consistently extraordinary Chardonnay producers. Mark Aubert is one of them....
Read MoreGiven the escalating prices of Burgundy’s grandest grands crus, the rewards of looking further afield have never been greater....
Read MoreThey may not be numerous, but the very best 1980 red Burgundies, as the accompanying notes attest, are profound wines drinking at their apogee today....
Read MoreGreat Pinot Noirs are being produced in Germany, and this report contains many Grosses Gewächs Pinots from VDP members but also up-and-coming producers....
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