Thanksgiving is a difficult meal for wine pairing. Too many diverse dishes and too many people with different tastes mean anything you chose will be
Wine Review: Ktima Pavlidis Thema Red Blend PGI Drama, Macedonia 2014
The Thema red blend of 60% Agiorgitiko and 40% Syrah is warm, inviting and good natured but not entirely serious. On the nose, black cherry
What Is a Delicious Wine?
In discussing his criteria for a good everyday wine, Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser writes: But above all, a wine has to be delicious. And if
Another Independent Family Winery Goes Corporate
Consolidation within the wine industry continued apace this week as the highly-regarded Napa producer Pahlmeyer was sold to wine behemoth E.J.Gallo. These sales of small,
Your Wine Cellar is Teeming with Life
In my Three Quarks Daily column this month entitled Vino Veritas: What Truth Might that Be? I explore the aesthetics of aged wines and what
Wine Review: William Fèvre La Mision Carmenere Gran Reserva Maipó Valley, Chile 2015
Inky and deeply concentrated, Carmenere originated in France, a cross between Cabernet Franc and Gros Cabernet. It has largely disappeared from their preferring the warmer,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 