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A Tannhäuserisch Wine

In the next edition of La Tazza e il Cantico: Pairing Wine With Opera, we find a wine for Wagner’s Tannhäuser.

Emmanuel Lassaigne’s old-school winemaking yields Champagnes of crystalline transparency.

This new series explores linkages of temperament and character, and suggests a new way of writing about wine.

Rousseau’s wines—including varietal Tannat and Colombard—admirably mingle Old World sensibility with New World sunshine.

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.