VeritageMiami Wrap-up
If VeritageMiami were a wine instead of a wine celebration, I could praise it’s elegance and dynamism – it was the event equivalent of a ...
Cuvées for Cupid
Perhaps it is my advancing age, but while Valentine’s Day turns many people’s thoughts to love, mine turn to wine. Of course, my thoughts turn ...
Tasting With the Tasters
There was a time, not so long ago, when the most feared man in a restaurant was not an imperious chef but a snooty sommelier. ...
Some Notes on Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes in the Cellars of Saint-Cosme Now that the holiday season is upon us, odds are you are going to be buying more wine ...
My Next Wine Project – Two Wines A Week for a Year
In the wine world, there are fewer events more eagerly anticipated than date Wine Spectator magazine releases its list of the Top 100 Wines of ...
The Art of Association
A couple of days ago I participated in a “virtual tasting” with the great Beaujolais producer Georges Duboeuf. He was in Orlando with George Meliotis, ...
The Soul of Wine
Aveleda's modern winery maintains its sense of history The best winemakers I know juxtapose two intriguing characteristics – great talent, and appealing humility. Ask a ...
Summer Sipping
I just got back from a week in Portugal's far north, and the region of Vinho Verde. I met with several producers who will be ...
Drinking Outside the Box
No, this isn't about wine in a box – that's a subject for another time. I'm thinking here of expanding our geographic horizons and moving ...
Tasting Good
After months of behind-the-scenes work by more than 100 people, VeritageMiami made a big splash last week, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for our ...