W. Blake Gray, Author at PALATE PRESS

6 min read

Its history is exaggerated. It was used for a few decades to play one role that is no longer needed, yet still people grow it – though even its proponents don't think it has much virtue.

The thinned red wine

W. Blake Gray

Features

3 min read

Grape growers can make more money with fewer grapes of higher quality. The question is, does crop thinning give higher quality?

Wine Blogging 101: What college students asked me about wine and blogging

W. Blake Gray

Features

4 min read

What would a group of college students want to know about wine and wine blogging?

White Burgundy that will save some green

W. Blake Gray

Features

4 min read

Most Burgundies are now too expensive for Tuesday night with rotisserie chicken.

Saving Sylvaner

W. Blake Gray

Features

4 min read

Wine lovers, let's help save a grape. It's not quite on its last legs, but it's misunderstood, and our obsession with ratings and blind tasting is partly to blame.

Ten Easy Tips to Make Delicious Cocktails (a slideshow)

W. Blake Gray

Spirits

1 min read

I used to make lousy cocktails. Not anymore.

Santa Barbara… Cabernet? New AVAs fuel Bordeaux varieties

W. Blake Gray

Features

5 min read

"I think in 10 years, Santa Barbara County is going to be better known for Cab than Pinot," he says. "Because that's where the money is. Around the world, Cab is still king."

Chile off the grid: Finding artisanal wines amid huge production

W. Blake Gray

Features

5 min read

You have to look really hard through oceans of solid, unpretentious wine.

Author W. Blake Gray