What We’re Drinking – Pedroncelli “Mother Clone” Zinfandel

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Waxy black fruits, cherries, and leather are followed by milk chocolate. Sweet fruit and pastry create a simple crowd-pleaser at a reasonable price. Drink with barbecue pork sandwiches. Recommended. 87 points. DBH WHO: Pedroncelli WHAT: Zinfandel WHEN: 2014 DESIGNATION: Mother Clone WHERE: Dry Creek Valley, California HOW MUCH: $17 (media sample) POINTS: 87

Eighth Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting

David Honig
Features
7 min read
More than 140 wine lovers congregated at the home of Palate Press publisher, David Honig, for the Eighth Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting. The Palate Press Grand Tasting is a unique consumer-driven wine tasting event. More than three hundred wines were blind bagged and placed on tables throughout the house.
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Best of 2017: Exploring Minerality

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
4 min read
Minerality = [SS + A + CC] - [E + T] - [O²] (Those interested in figuring out what this odd formula means should keep on reading.) Funny how things happen. Until the 1990s, the term minerality didn’t appear in the most acclaimed guides, not even the Oxford Companion to

Best of 2017: The 7-Year Niche

Roger Morris
Features
4 min read
Readers of a certain age will remember Orson Welles assuring us in a 1979 TV commercial for Paul Masson – preserved on YouTube – that “we will sell no wine before its time.” But what is a wine’s time, especially a tannic red one?  When is it ready? Not surprisingly,