When wine drinkers think of Portugal, it’s usually Port or cork. Touriga Nacional and Roupeiro don’t roll off the tongue like Merlot or Chardonnay. But the coastal European country is riding a surge of attention for its previously dismissed table-read more-
It’s the town so nice they named it twice. Their once claim to fame was when cartoon star Bugs Bunny announced himself in one of the Looney Tunes episodes as the "Wishie-Washie-White-Washing Machine Salesman from Walla Walla Washington." Oh sure,-read more-
In late July, 275 wine bloggers, PR reps, winery principals and others in the wine industry converged on Santa Rosa, California, for a three-day Wine Bloggers Conference. The night before, however, more than a dozen bloggers from origins as far-flung-read more-
OK, so the snails were not the best I’ve ever consumed; those savoured in South Africa a few months prior were vastly better. Perhaps though it was the choice of wine--a Pinot Gris; its rich smokiness didn't really work with-read more-
Zinfandel is a bit of a delayed mystery. In the 20th century, Zin developed an identity as California's flag-waving grape variety. When scientists got involved in the 1990s and concluded that Zinfandel might not be such a native son after-read more-
Sometimes the early bird really does catch the worm--or in this case, a $10,000-a-month job as the world's first "Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent." Hardy Wallace, from Atlanta, Georgia, flew to San Francisco to be first in line when the now-famous-read more-
Sometimes the early bird really does catch the worm--or in this case, a $10,000-a-month job as the world's first "Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent." Hardy Wallace, from Atlanta, Georgia, flew to San Francisco to be first in line when the now-famous-read more-