The Birth of the Modern Wine Bottle
For most of wine’s history, it was sold (and often consumed) directly from the barrel.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
How Cork becomes Cork
A cork tree is harvested, or “stripped,” for the first time at 15 to 20 years old, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
It’s all Relative
According to top genetic researchers, a small number of grape varieties have given birthThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
What’s an MGA?
Winter is the perfect time to drink the great wines of Piedmont, Italy—Barolo and Barbaresco.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN HERE
As far as we know, wine has never not been with us. Alcohol–the work of tiny yeastsThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Northern California’s First Premium Wine Region
Although Napa Valley usually gets the recognition, it’s the town of The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
The Great Vanishing Act
Who hasn’t wondered how winemakers extract alcohol from wine? The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Defining a Domaine
In Burgundy, the term domaine is not equivalent to that of The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
CHARDONNAY—THE PLACE
One of the historic, tiny villages in the Mâconnais region of Burgundy, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
THE ORIGIN OF TAPAS
No food is more associated with southern Spain than tapas. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES WHERE PHYLLOXERA BEGAN
Across the Rhône River from Châteauneuf-du-Pape is Lirac. Today, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
California’s Great Fault
The San Andreas fault, a sliding boundary between two tectonic plates, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Getting Better with Time
We’ve all seen descriptions of a great wine that end with a line like, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
EUCALYPTUS ELUCIDATED
With many Australian wines (especially Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon), The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Bacon and Chardonnay
Bacon—now there’s something that really deserves having a national day. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Bubbles Magnify Flavor!
Champagne’s bubbles are not merely textural. They amplify a Champagne’s The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
THE LAST VINEYARD
In 1498, the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, offered Leonardo da Vinci The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
LOST IN TRANSLATION
For wine professionals in Asia, the lack of a universal wine The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
City of Chocolate
Located in the French town of Tain l’Hermitage (overlooking the vineyards of Hermitage) The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Red Wine with Fish!
In the United States, the delicious combination of Oregon Pinot The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Beefing it Up—Nobody Does it Better than Argentina
In no other country in the world is beef as celebrated, or as much a The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Hunting Down the Home of Easter Eggs
Devouring a handful of milk chocolate Easter eggs or hunting around The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
What Green Can Mean
A word commonly used to describe the aroma and flavor of some white wines The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
The Origin of the 750ml Wine Bottle
Every week or every month (or every day) we open wine bottles. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.