Trading down so that you can drink wine every day in 2009, and good wine at that, is going to be taxing. Whether Britain’s wine buyers will work harder for their crumb this year than last, as befits the credit crunch, is debatable, but a few have seen the light.
Dry Rieslings from all over the world are receiving more notice, including those produced in Australia and New Zealand. Both countries have cool regions where Riesling flourishes. The wine expresses itself with mineral, ripe apple, stone fruit and occasional...
For many keen wine drinkers, the depths of winter is the time when pulling out all the stops seems not self-indulgent, but a necessary ritual. Social lives can be a whirl of entertaining, and the season itself seems enough justification to pop and pull corks...
What is it about chianti that makes you smile? Maybe it is the wine's association with comfort peasant food that warms the spirits during these cold winter days. Or maybe it is the simple, quaffable fruit that doesn't demand an explanation or some esoteric wine description.
Spicy Lemony Clams With Pasta Lemons combined with just about any shellfish or mollusks is a match made in heaven. Serve this spicy, zesty dish with some sourdough toast and a crisp, herbaceous white wine. This recipe is adapted from the Lobster Club restaurant.
Maybe you plan to flip all your Napa cabernet sauvignon this year. Or perhaps you want to save up for a trip to Mendoza. But not all wine resolutions have to be big. There are plenty of small, realistic steps you can take to enhance your wine life in the new year.
Our involvement with Talus began about 10 years ago when the brand was part of the Sebastiani family of wines. The fine hand of the Sebastiani family in the making of this wine practically assured that it would be a cut above the others selling at the same price; and it was.
Australia Rating: TWO STARS 2006 Annie's Lane Clare Valley Riesling ($14) A portion of fruit from vines more than 70 years old is included in this bottling by winemaker Mark Robertson. Floral, shy stone fruit, and delicate Meyer lemon aromas with zippy...
Lake Iseo, near Bergamo, lies in the heart of the Valcalepio wine region. Centered around Lombardy's Lake Iseo, in the northwest of Italy, is the small and often disregarded wine region of Valcalepio.
