Due Italiani
Cappella Sant’Andrea Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2010 12.5% ABV | Price: about $15* Neirano Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG NV 7% ABV | Price: about…
Lemberger
Grafen NeippergLemberger "Württemberg"200513% ABV | Price: about $15 Germans call this grape lemberger, but in Austria, where it's more widely planted, they call it…
Heart of Gold
Edmunds St. John Heart of Gold 2010 12.9% ABV | Price: about $20 This wine is a blend of 72% vermentino and 28% grenache…
Riesling Goes With Everything
Read my latest tips on pairing wine with food in a new Palate Press article, published yesterday. Which of these rules ring true for you?…
Without Reservation
I met my mother for lunch recently at a restaurant in town. We don’t eat there often, maybe once or twice a year. It…
Brachetto, Birthday
My birthday’s on the winter solstice, and it fell on a Wednesday this year. It was a normal, if very dark, work day. I didn’t…
Gouda, Plus Wine
Tips for pairing wines with Gouda cheese
States of Grace
It is October, and so my vegetable garden is not in a state of grace. The tomato plants are, of the assembed, the most…
SanSì
Azienda Agricola Scagliola Barbera d’Asti Superiore “SanSì” 2008 14.5% ABV | Price: about $40 This wine is 100% barbera, and the grapes derive from…
Corse
Domaine de Granajolo Corse Porto-Vecchio 2009 13% ABV | Price: about $14 André Boucher’s Domaine de Granjolo comprises 20 hectares in the southern tip of…
Zing
Twisted Oak Grenache Blanc “Calaveras County” 2010 13.2% ABV | Price: about $24* This wine is 94% grenache blanc and 6% viognier. Only a…
Pink and White
M. Chapoutier Côtes-du-Rhône “Belleruche” Blanc 2009 13.5% ABV | Price: about $13* Côtes-du-Rhône “Belleruche” Rosé 2010 13.5% ABV | Price: about $13* A pair…