November 4, 2022We recently visited South Africa for the first time for 10 days on a trip sponsored by Wines of South…- October 21, 2022We sample many wines for this column. We prefer to try them first before dinner, discuss them and then retaste…
- October 8, 2022Chris Gaither, 38, is only the fourth Black person in the world to earn the Master Sommelier diploma and his…
- August 12, 2022Wine writing is in the midst of a revolution and if you don’t think the wine on the shelves is…
- July 29, 2022Who is MJ Towler? And a second question: How does he do what he does so well?
- July 15, 2022Next time you’re gulping a rosé, maybe when you’re into the second glass, stop for a second and ponder this…
- June 17, 2022Meet Ross Burtwell, executive chef and owner of Cabernet Grill in Fredericksburg, Texas, and the grill’s wine director, Elizabeth Rodriguez…
- May 6, 2022We toured Texas Wine Country for a few days and here are some brief impressions from first-time visitors. --Texas’s signature…
- April 22, 2022We almost didn’t write this column. We were approaching a special wedding anniversary -- which ones aren’t special? -- and…
- April 8, 2022Sometimes you just fall in love with a wine, right? If it’s a magnum and it’s a Burgundy, that helps,…
