“So when are you going to quit your day job and focus on wine?” Everyone from close friends to well-meaning strangers have asked me that question for years, and for the first time, I actually have an answer. The answer, folks, is today. ...

Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of Vinography Unboxed, where I highlight some of the better bottles that have crossed my doorstep recently. This week included a ...

Terry Theise wrote a response to my slightly provocative piece on the the fact that food and wine pairing is junk science. He sent it to me before publishing it, and that resulted in a bit of back and forth that we decided to publish in ...

For those in the wine trade, one of the characteristics of Spring has long been the proliferation of wine tasting events. These events, which often have a public component as well, begin in February and by April, an ambitious wine taster can easily be ...

The other day I penned a bit of a screed, on a topic that I continually encounter in two forms: anxiety expressed to me directly by friends who are not wine geeks and a never-ending parade of books, apps and self-help-like writing in every possible ...

When I speak to many wine drinkers, they often express a similar sentiment. They tell me that they really enjoy wine, but they don’t know much about it. With varying degrees of embarrassment or chagrin, they describe their interest in ...

Like the endless stream of lousy paintings sold at garage sales, or the ceaseless arguments for why climate change isn’t real, the supposed principles and rules of food and wine pairing are nothing more than bad art or junk science. Holding food ...

We’re all going to be stuck at home for a while. That means we will need wine. And lots of it. For those of you who don’t have more than a couple of bottles squirreled away, that means you’ll need to order some. And so, at the risk ...

America’s two most important winegrowing states are suffering serious over-supply while demand slackens. One of the most hotly anticipated press conferences in the wine world each year (if ever such an event could be said to be eagerly awaited) ...

Anyone who doesn’t fall even just a little bit in love with Tuscany the first time they visit should probably be locked away from the world. There’s something magical about the place that suffuses every bit of the landscape, the food, the ...