A Harvest Visit With Emmanuel Lassaigne of Champagne Jacques Lassaigne
Emmanuel Lassaigne’s old-school winemaking yields Champagnes of crystalline transparency.
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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.
Crazy Old Ladies of Jackass Hill
Zinfandel from a steep Russian River hillside proves there’s wisdom in old vines.
Kathleen Inman on Bionic Gardening, Carbonic Pinot, And Why She Never Serves Cheese With Her Wine
Inman’s wines are suffused with grace and élan, the beautiful results of work that begins with soil.
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.
Stepping Stone by Cornerstone
An interview with Cornerstone Cellars winemaker Jeff Keene, with tasting notes on the new Rocks! blends and Napa Valley Cabernet.
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.
Wine Labels, Wine Ingredients
Should a wine label display the ingredients used in winemaking? A seasoned wine writer and marketer—and avid wine consumer—considers the issues.
Deirdre Heekin’s Bitter Alchemy
“I am une garagiste, a woman who makes wine in her garage, and I am maître liquoriste. I am the would-be parfumeur. I am…