Beyond Musar: The Evolution of Lebanese Wine

Henry Jeffreys
Features
6 min read
If you ever need a new nose for your 1983 Mercedes 230E, Chtaura in the Bekaa Valley is the place to go. It’s full of workshops keeping Lebanon’s extraordinary range of 1970s and ‘80s European and American cars on the road. Yet, while this area looks like the last place you'd expect to

Tasting immortality

Joe Roberts
Features
6 min read
Well over ninety percent of all wines produced are meant to be consumed within a year of their bottling. For the remaining few percent -- which include what most would consider the greatest still wines being produced in the world – how long do they have before they outlive their pleasurable
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Loving Italian Wine (in the Time of Coronavirus)

Fabian Jauregui
Features
3 min read
Anyone who has followed my wine writing, even casually, will know that obscurity is my passion. The weirder, the better. I recently, for example, wrote a book about a winemaking area of Pennsylvania that thrived in the 1800s. And about a year ago, here on PP, I covered my favorite

Montecucco: Proof Value Still Exists in Tuscany

Fabian Jauregui
Features
4 min read
I'll be honest: when I first start hearing about Montecucco in the wine-blogosphere -- they've been attempting to increase its international noteriety for a few years -- my first thought is that I don't need another Tuscan Sangiovese in my life. After all, I already have all the Chianti zones,