Jerez de la Frontera is a dry, windy, and often very sandy place. The sun shines incredibly brightly nearly year round, and often, the...

The Ancient Vine (~400AD) Centuries ago, wine was a beverage of choice for the various ethnic groups surrounding the Mediterranean,...

Though France may have birthed the majority of New World vinifera varietals, given them names, and raised them with distinct personality;...

German wine labels are remarkably difficult to understand, not just because the language is quite complex in and of itself, but because...

The Mosel Riesling is the king of German wine; it’s a grape synonymous with Germany itself, and furthermore, it’s found at its highest...

It may be time to get used to paying more for wine. Prices are continuously going up as markets in China, Japan, and the US seek out...

Portuguese wine is on the upswing. With dazzling new and exotic numbers like Herdade de Peso Colheita, this little nation once decimated...

Here is a list of feature wines from the month of January. These are excellent follow-alongs if you're looking for something new to have...

Vosne-Romanée is hallowed ground for wine aficionados. It’s a town of royalty, where the kings, and queens of wine fold up their winery...

I’ve written about what I call the Robert Parker effect a few times: this was an era marked by a fastidious attention to perfect...

You've heard it before. Beaujolais is one of those very common wine-related words that oozes a sense of austere mystique with an aura of...

Wine labels of late seem to be all about marketing, rather than place; and this is certainly true when it comes to the more mass produced...

The story of how the vine found itself in Oregon may sound like an arduous tale, but it's one that's worth telling; specifically how...

Perhaps whiskey springs to mind, or maybe even cognac when you’re considering the optimal beverage for cigars. They’re the classics for...

Last week, we covered the industrious little town of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, a hamlet charged with supplying wine for popes of southern...

We all know that Costco is the place to go when shopping for wine. If you are seeking high-end name brand wines at a discount price,...

If you thought all of Italy was dominated by sunlight and warm climate, think again. Though certainly not the coolest wine-growing region...

Among the greats of modern wine; that is the glitzy, and glamorous, and the romantic wine producing regions of the world, there have...

In the sixties and early seventies, there was a resolute obsession in the wine world with French wines, varietals, and techniques to the...

Synonymous with its racy, dry Grüner Veltliner of definitive quality, the Austrian wine industry was backed into a blind corner in...