Author Evan Dawson

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Evan Dawson is the author of Summer in a Glass: The Coming of Age of Winemaking in the Finger Lakes. It won the 2012 Roederer International Wine Book of the Year. Outside of Palate Press, his wine writing has been published in Wine Spectator, Tasting Panel Magazine, and the New York Cork Report, for which he serves as Managing Editor. He hosts The Connection on WXXI radio, the NPR affiliate in western New York, where he focuses on community affairs. He is a middling but enthusiastic cook.

Best of 2014: The One Way to Build a Wine Collection You Won’t Regret

Evan Dawson

Features

3 min read

I am amazed at how much bad wine I own. I’m not talking about Yellow Tail and its ilk. I’m talking about wine that I purchased while thinking it was a good wine, maybe even a great wine, and was worth laying down. Tastes change, which makes buying wine for

Shadows in the Vineyard gives a sunny view of Burgundy, DRC

Evan Dawson

Features

6 min read

Mozart was born in 1756. This is an admittedly odd way to begin a review of a book about wine, but stay with me. In Shadows in the Vineyard, author Max Potter tells the story of the attempt to extort the owner of the most famous vineyard in the world.

Casinos in Wine Country

Evan Dawson

Features

5 min read

Two American Regions Listen to the Promises While Studying the History When industry leaves a region, the result is more than just job loss. Regions build identities on industries, so when big manufacturers move to China, or auto companies go bankrupt, it can lead to a complex set of regional

Wine, Sports, and the Guilt of Passion in a World of War and Bad News

Evan Dawson

Features

6 min read

If you care deeply about wine, and you also read the news, it’s difficult to avoid at least a bit of embarrassment about the former. Last week I found myself sketching out a future visit to Clape, a stalwart producer of wine in the Northern Rhône’s Cornas, and trying to

The One Way to Build a Wine Collection You Won’t Regret

Evan Dawson

Features

3 min read

What I Learned About Wine from Neil deGrasse Tyson

Evan Dawson

Features

4 min read

One of the great science minds of our time, and almost certainly the ﬁnest science communicator of our time, is a wine lover. Neil deGrasse Tyson has a well documented love of wine; apparently when he’s not working on unlocking the secrets of the cosmos, he’s trying to understand the

Finger Lakes: Long-Deserved Good Timing with the Outstanding 2012 Vintage

Evan Dawson

Feature Stories

5 min read

The next time someone brings up the term “vintage variation,” think about this story from the Finger Lakes. In 2011, disease pressure was pernicious and constant throughout the growing season, spurred on by a series of east-coast deluges that seeped into the region. By October, one winemaker compared the vineyards

American Syrah’s Big Moment? How Rising Rhône Prices Might Be a Game-Changer

Evan Dawson

Features

8 min read

Some time during the last ten or fifteen years, Northern Rhone Syrah went nuts. Yes, Chave rouge has been a big-ticket bottle for many years. But it wasn’t that long ago that Clape Cornas and Jamet Cote-Rotie were $35 a bottle. Maybe not an everyday price, but accessible. Today, Cote-Rotie

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The One Way to Build a Wine Collection You Won’t Regret

What I Learned About Wine from Neil deGrasse Tyson

Finger Lakes: Long-Deserved Good Timing with the Outstanding 2012 Vintage

American Syrah’s Big Moment? How Rising Rhône Prices Might Be a Game-Changer