Held In Thrall: An Interview with Ed Thralls of Thralls Family Cellars
Ed Thralls is producing elegant, beautifully structured Pinot Noirs that show both polish and elan. Here, an interview with tasting notes.
Features
Countdown to Burgundy: Emily Spillmann Recommends
Producers might put Burgundy’s terroir into bottle, but how should they put it into words? Wine communications scholar Emily Spillmann weighs in.
Countdown to Burgundy: Alice Feiring Recommends
Wine writer and natural wine advocate Alice Feiring suggests how to find the best old-fangled producers in Burgundy.
Countdown to Burgundy: Damien Casten Recommends
I’m headed to Burgundy in June 2014. It’s my first trip, so I’m gathering advice from those who’ve gone before.
La Garagista: Real Vermont Wine
Real wine from Vermont? Perhaps improbable, but clearly not impossible. La Garagista’s wines are proof.
Divining Ferrari’s Substance and Style: A Comparative Tasting of Twenty-four Traditional Method Sparkling Wines
Ferrari’s wines stand tall among the world’s best méthode traditionnelle sparklers.
Opening the Trentingrana
September landed me in Trento, Italy, a guest of renowned sparkling wine producer, Ferrari. Their wines are magnificent (on which more later), but the trip…
On Wine Criticism, Intentionality, Terroir, and Aboutness
When I judge a wine critically, I ask myself the usual questions about its color, aromas, flavors, textures, finish. But I also probe the…
Maker Honored With 2014 Millésima Award
Maker’s Table, authored by Meg Houston Maker, is selected as a Top Ten Wine News Blog in the Millésima Top Wine Blog Awards 2014.
Kieran Robinson: A Syrah, An Interview
Kieran Robinson’s 2009 Syrah is a vibrant, handsome wine, a European-style Syrah with California sentiments. Here, an interview with tasting notes.
Palate Shepherd
Two Shepherds Vineyards may be new, but winemaker William Allen is producing Rhône-style wines with finesse and gravity. Here, an interview with tasting notes.
Old World, New World, New Words
The Old World/New World dialectic in wine writing is outdated, and writers need new ways to describe what they truly experience.