Five Things You Need to Know about Swiss Wine

Becky Sue Epstein
Features
5 min read
Rare wines from revitalized, historic grapes are putting Switzerland on the wine lover’s map Swiss wines are nearly impossible to find outside of the country, as they make up less than 1% of global production. Only 1.5% is exported, because the natives -- who rank in the top ten in
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It’s #ChardonnayDay

Becky Sue Epstein
Feature Stories
2 min read
We all have a different favorite style of Chardonnay – just ask and we'll try to describe it. It might be easier, however, to track what we buy, which is often the same labels again and again. Some will only buy pricey Chardonnay produced from cool, Carneros grapes in California.
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What We’re Drinking: Pazo Señorans Albariño 2016

Fabian Jauregui
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A standout among a recent tasting through ten bottles of '15 and '16 Albariño, this wine likely benefited from nonconformity, offering riper, rounder flavor in a sea of austerity. Those who relish Albariño's unrelenting acidic assault may in fact miss that here, though there's certainly no dearth of vibrancy. In
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Real Facts about Wine & Health

W. Blake Gray
Features
5 min read
Though both are now wine writers, Dr. Michael Apstein and Dr. Ian D'Agata met while working in a Boston hospital as gastroenterologists. (That's the kind of doctor who puts a camera up your butthole.) Earlier this month, they held a seminar in Canada on wine and health that was candid and
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Dalmatian Rarities

Simon J Woolf
Feature Stories
3 min read
I’m a long time fan of Dalmatia, Croatia’s southerly Mediterranean paradise. It was the first part of the country I ever visited, back in 2003 when the scars of civil war were much closer to the surface than they are now. Arguably the most strongly differentiated part of the nation,

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,
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Emotional Intelligence

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
4 min read
Many wine drinkers have experienced this at least once in our lives: We go to a nice region, visit one or more wineries, and taste several wines. At a certain point, simply, we feel good: the place is lovely, the view looks perfect, the company is pleasant. And the wine