Portuguese red wines from the Douro, Dão, and Alentejo offer depth and complexity that rivals France and Italy at a fraction of the price. The tariffs just removed the last excuse not to look.
Etna’s wines have earned comparisons to Burgundy — not for their flavor, which belongs entirely to the volcano, but for the precision of a classification system that maps each lava flow to a distinct wine. An introduction to the contrada revolution.
Walk into any working vineyard in Val do Salnés in late spring and the first thing you notice is that the vines…
In November 2010, a small festival opened in Riebeek Kasteel, a wheat-and-wine village ninety minutes north of Cape Town. There was no…
On a tasting bench in a producer’s cellar in Villié-Morgon, two rock fragments sit on a tray labelled in pencil. One is…
Two bottles on a wine-shop shelf in November of 2025, both white Burgundy, both Chardonnay, both bottled by Maison Louis Jadot in…
A geologist with a four-pound rock hammer stands on a south-facing terrace above the Mosel and brings the head down on a…
Two glasses sit on a tasting bench, both Assyrtiko, both from the 2022 vintage. The one on the left is from Santorini,…
Vin jaune is France’s most misunderstood premium white: Savagnin aged six years under a veil of yeast in the Jura, with the 620ml clavelin proving the loss.