Age Worthy? WSJ Readers Weigh In
The issue of age weighs heavily on the minds of WSJ readers. The age of wine, that is. A dozen or so men and women sent me emails last week, in response to my column on the subject. Aging wine raises a...
View ArticleSuper Tuscan Seconds
Super Tuscan wines have gone in and out of fashion several times since someone first thought up this moniker for wines that didn’t fit the DOC rules for Chianti.
View ArticleLegislative Update: Wine Stored in State
The New York State Senate is voting on a piece of legislation that calls for wine companies to have all wines that are sold to the New York market to be held “at rest” in the state for 48 hours.
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The Rise and Fall of Wines from Oz
Getty ImagesChardonnay grapes at a vineyard near Melbourne.The rise and fall of Australian Shiraz has been one of the more dramatic stories in the wine business in the past several years. And there...
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Riesling is Beloved, but Lemberger is on the Rise
Lettie Teague/The Wall Street Journal Dan Mitchell of Fox Run Vineyard. Winemakers from the Finger Lakes region in New York know how to produce – and promote – Riesling. It’s the grape they all talk...
View ArticleSampling Sauvignon Blanc
Although Cabernet Sauvignon is the grape that brought Napa Valley both fame and acclaim, another sort of Sauvignon—Sauvignon Blanc, also happens to thrive there as well.
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Lebanese Wines from Chateau Musar
Jay McInerney/The Wall Street Journal Carla Rzeszewski and Serge Hochar Food and wine pairing is always a tricky business, but somehow I suspected that the wines of Serge Hochar and the cooking of...
View ArticleBordeaux Price Falls Expected
Today marks the beginning of the Bordeaux "Primeurs" week, one of the most important dates in the wine-tasting calendar and for the world’s largest fine-wine region.
View ArticleFirst Taste of Pomerol 2011
If there is one commonality between the Pomerol 2011 wines, it is that time and time again they possessed a saline minerality and freshness on the palate.
View ArticleWill Bordeaux 2011 Be Remembered for Whites?
There has been a tremendous amount of excitement in the tasting rooms and cellars of Bordeaux that 2011 is shaping up to be a very good year for white wine.
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