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Red Grape, White Wine, Yellow Label: Tasting Base Wines for Veuve Clicquot Brut

The Champagne blender’s art is to foresee what each element might contribute to the long conversation taking place inside the bottle.

The tiny appellation of Rosé des Riceys, in the midst of Champagne, yields a gleaming, still rosé wine.

Good wine writing demands more than a palate and a vocabulary. If you can master a few techniques of good writing, you can keep your reader reading.

Yves Gangloff’s wines are dazzling and scintillant (the guitar is optional).

Cathy Corison on her new Napa vineyard, her shift toward Biodynamics, and what’s most in her way now.

People’s choice voting is now open, so if you like what you read here, I’d deeply appreciate your support.

Inman’s wines are suffused with grace and élan, the beautiful results of work that begins with soil.

We call it chèvre for a reason: France produces some of the world’s astounding goat cheeses. Here are six, plus wines to pair.

We talked about wine journalism, taste literacy, and making a living doing what you love.

These Oregon Pinot Noirs are ripe with voluptuous acidity, shimmery minerals, and a forest-earthiness that keeps the fruit in perspective.

A rumination on Pinot Noir, Nebbiolo, and what we learn by tasting.

Eleven stand-out American Pinot Noirs, wines whose fine details and ruby-citrus acidity make them brilliant dining companions.