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...

A shout-out to Jeff Tweedy’s World Within A Song, although I never heard of him and never heard his band, Wilco. But the man can write,...

(In the sequence I tasted them the first time through…) Once again I return to the unknowable, and what (if any) place it has in a...

TERRY: Moving away from big-picture theory, what kinds of wines are the nucleus of your appreciation? That is, you have decided they are...

TERRY: You appear to be drawn towards innovation as a categorical value, but would you consider the existence of wine cultures that are...

I first met Jon in San Francisco, but I don’t recall exactly when. He was at the Chronicle back then, and had come to my attention for...

THE 2023 SECOND-FLUSH DARJEELINGS Intro The teas have all arrived, and been given enough time to suss their quality. I find it takes till...