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-
Text and photos by Linda Castrone California wineries have thrown open their doors this harvest season. Make that wide open. With this recession eating into wine sales and other discretionary spending, tourist revenues are down more than 20 percent this year-read more-
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse, Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! Uh, make that the thundering hoof beats of generic red-read more-
Welcome back to PALATE PRESS: The online wine magazine. We have had an amazing 10 days since our launch. I thought we would launch quietly, then grow organically on the web as people heard about us. Instead, we exploded on-read more-
I’ve tried it before, and it doesn’t work. It’s around noon, I’m hungry and there’s no food in the house. But, as usual, there’s plenty of wine and at least one open bottle. Hmmm, I remember that there are many-read more-
Many mainstream wine writers would have you believe that credibility and the ability to analyze a wine is a tenured position at Wine Critic University, available only after having earned a PhD in the Vinous Arts, an honor bestowed after-read more-
Many mainstream wine writers would have you believe that credibility and the ability to analyze a wine is a tenured position at Wine Critic University, available only after having earned a PhD in the Vinous Arts, an honor bestowed after-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-