You can’t expect much from a relatively inexpensive wine. But you can expect enough aroma complexity to keep you interested, a pleasant texture, with a
Bodegas Atalaya Laya Almansa 2014
This curious wine is from Gil Family Estates. A little bacon fat lurks behind the dark berry, pepper, and herbal notes against a background of
A Story about Fortitude or Foolishness?
A son someplace in Northern Europe opens the forgotten wine cellar belonging to his father, now 10 years deceased, and discovers a wine collection expected
Pépin on the Art of Food
A few weeks ago when explaining why winemaking is sometimes more like an art than a craft, I made a distinction between objects that are
Jorge Ordonez Triton Mencia Bierzo 2014
Mencia is one of those long-neglected grapes that is finally receiving attention because innovative winemakers are learning how to work with it. Indigenous to Northwestern
Prosecute Farm-to-Table Fraud
Laura Riley’s investigative reporting for the Tampa Bay Times on the outright fraud going on with claims about farm-to-table dining has received lots of warranted
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 