What We’re Drinking – Gloria Ferrer Brut

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
This producer has been a sentimental favorite of mine for some years. This wine is a clear tan-gold with nice, small bubbles. It opens with fresh mineral aromas and a hint of raspberries. Green apple on the nose moves onto the palate. The wine becomes toastier and more raspberry-fruity as

Wine for the masses

Roger Morris
Feature Stories
4 min read
As a long-time wine journalist, I have always taken a laissez-faire attitude when it comes to wine production. I have declined to be outraged at “industrial” wine production of millions of bottles of low-priced wine, as long as the wine is not unhealthy and if the claims made on the

Seventh Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting

David Honig
Feature Stories
4 min read
Nearly one hundred fifty wine lovers came to the Seventh Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting, held in the home of our publisher, David Honig. The Palate Press Grand Tasting is a unique consumer-driven wine tasting event. More than two hundred wines were blind bagged and placed on tables throughout the

Forward to the Past: the wines of Terre di Pisa

Joe Roberts
Features
6 min read
Utter the word “Tuscany,” and your mind will likely conjure up images of rolling hills, sunny skies, and the dueling monocultures of olive groves and grapevines. And your mind would be right, because most of Tuscany looks exactly like stepping into a painting, photograph, or landscape shot from Under the