LANGUAGE POLICE AT IT AGAIN Political gadfly James Carville teaches at LSU, and on one celebratory occasion he decided to demonstrate for...

It’s hardly a surprise that I love these wines both subjectively and for very good reason. I like red wines that lead with fruit. They...

The Germans have a word – sympathisch – which doesn’t mean “sympathetic” but is one of those words that resists direct translation....

Katie was a wine pal of mine whom I kept in loose touch with. As it happens, wine is the thing she writes most soberly about. You’ll see...

The ‘22’ vintage wasn’t always kind to Riesling growers, among whom there were variations, not precisely in “quality” but rather in...

This will be the first time I’ve gotten to taste these wines at home, as a previous shipment was lost.  Thus a little intro may be in...

After the first run-through, an organizing theory offers itself. I may revise or update it, but as a vivid initial impression I think it...

It’s a much more typical Schaefer vintage than 2021 was, though it’s fair to say that ’21 was atypical for most Mosel growers in various...

There were two issues with which to contend. One was the very fresh disgorgements, which distorts their shape and suppresses their fruit,...

But first there is sad news. After a long illness that had him bedridden, Rolf Merkelbach left us a few weeks ago. Rolf had been ill for...