Tasting Columbia Crest Reserve Wines
This high-volume producer also makes tiny lots of premium wine
Review Articles
Backward and Forward: Tasting Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, 1974 to Now
Snapshots from four decades of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon teach us something about taste, and tasting.
Italian Sparkling: Prosecco, Lambrusco, Moscato
Fizzy wines from Italy’s northern hills are crisp, refreshing, and just right for food.
Ten Cool Finger Lakes Wines
My latest Tasting Panel column considers ten great wines from the Finger Lakes.
Wines of Failla: Classical and Modern
At Failla, Ehren Jordan produces Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Syrah wines that are thoroughly modern—yet evoke the classical past.
Lessons From The Table
Pour a wine to honor its birthright. Pour it with food.
Tasting Fifty Great Wines of Portugal
Meg Houston Maker reviews fifty Portuguese wines selected by a panel of master sommeliers.
Roussillon: Map and Terroir
Wine is local, a lens of culture: this place, this vineyard, this grape, this grower, this heritage.
Black Spirit, Bright Wine
The luminous wines of Ànima Negra reflect Mallorca’s shimmering, indigenous soul.
Oregon Pinot Noir, Sustainably Made
Wines from small producers committed to sustainability in the vineyard and the cellar.
Lodi Native Taps Wisdom From Old Zinfandel Vines
The project highlights the diversity of six ancient Zinfandel vineyards.
I’d Say A Lot: Heritage and Diversity at Parés Baltà
A glimpse of the buzzing, thriving, chaotic vitality of Parés Baltà, and of the family who makes the wines.