THINGS TO CONSIDER

A delve into anything wine related in Australia, and you’ve entered into a mired respite of information to cantankerous to decipher in...

Garrigue springs to mind when I consider Provence. This is a land of pine trees, almond groves, miles of lavender, chaparral, and fresh...

While Cahors may be the birthplace of Malbec, full of exotic spices, and rustic minerality, Mendoza is unquestionably its home. The...

Vine management is incredibly important to wine quality, no one can dispute that. Choose the wrong trellising system, forget to manage a canopy, plant too close, or fail to prune, and say goodbye to any semblance of usable crop. In this next series of articles, we are going to delve into vineyard management, specifically the tricks of the trade that winegrowers use in order to maximize the quality of their crop.

For those of you out there that crave fat, dry, ostentatious Cabernet, you’re reading the right article. Priorat is a small area south of...

Weeks ago, I had spent some time trying to communicate the austere wonders of Chenin blanc from the Loire Valley, and all of its alluring...

We’ve arrived. If you have been following along, we have discussed the concepts of balance, and complexity, touched on Terroir, and even...

For those of you unfamiliar, Brunello is not a place, but, rather, a nickname for a grape. That grape in question is Sangiovese, and it’s...

You’ve probably heard of wine described as well-balanced. It’s a term that is as endearing as it is seemingly meaningless. Reminiscent of...

I’ve been meaning to write about Terroir for a long time. It’s one of the most illusive words in the world of wine, because...

As Americans, about the only time we ever indulge in the decadent bubbles of Champagne is New Year’s Eve, and generally this is...

As silly as it may sound, smells are ninety percent of what we remember about a wine. The smell is essentially the flavor. The only...

The would of wine is vast, and complex, I won’t mislead you in this regard. However many books or websites offering easy solutions to the...

It’s no secret in the wine world that Germany is not really known for its red wine. Eighty-five percent of the country’s output is the...

This will be a quick, and easy-to-understand guide to the Bordeaux wine culture and the spirited dynamics of the early wine trade. This...

West of Germany, in the easternmost quadrant of France, lies a wine-growing area that is neither totally French nor German. Alsace has...

Burgundy is objectively one of the most complicated wine regions in the world. It comes with its own vocabulary, criss-crossed maps, and,...

Tackling the topic of aging wine can be harrowing from afar, and mundane at its worst. Of all the processes that grapes are subjected to in the winemaking experience, this one can be one of the touchiest. Realistically, grapes spend more time in this phase of their development than any other. There are thus, two ways with which to dissect this topic, from the perspective of a blind taster - where we’re looking at how to analyze flavor to figure out which method of aging the w

The Loire Valley is one of the most, if not the most diverse and value-laden areas in modern France when it comes to wine production and...