As you may have gleaned, I’m a guy with views. Some of them are irritable, others are approving. A few are both.   Here’s an example....

“At last,” because I haven’t been able to taste these properly (at home) since I started these tastings in 2021. I did speed-taste twice...

At last I’m able to help out a seriously worthy grower commercially, apart from my evangelizing on their behalf. The lovely Pinot Noirs...

NOTE : This piece originally appeared in World Of Fine Wines late in 2024. It still seems pertinent, and I’m close to being “between...

The two producers sent a total of thirteen wines, so I tasted them interchangeably, enjoying the contrasts. I won’t make a habit of this,...

Part-3 of a series beginning with “Rants In My Pants” and “Fusses In My Trusses.”   A VIP from an elite winery is visiting various U.S....

It is at best melancholy and at worst criminal that this superb estate lacks an American importer. For my stateside readers, it hurts me...

You may remember from my post from last Fall (and if you don’t then I’ll tell you here) that the Darting estate, having failed to find a...

Went to Austria to see my friends. My friends make wine, as it happens, so I speed-tasted wines I’ll taste in greater depth when the...

These were assembled and shipped in November ’24, so they ought to be current in the U.S. market, and I’d suppose even any subsequent...