Winemakers love to say their products are made of grapes and nothing else. It’s largely accurate, but if you really get into the weeds, it’s hardly all that’s at play. As a “basically natural” product, wine is one of the most complicated of beverages. It’s 180 degrees from the formulation that leads us to Coke,…
Wine Prices
Most of the wines we’re offered these days are too expensive. I could have written this article several times in the 45 years I’ve been writing about wine, but it’s probably more relevant today than ever. And the reasons are so many and varied that I could probably write an entire book on the subject….
First Pick
It’s harvest time in many U.S. wine areas, and the first grapes to be picked annually, almost everywhere vines grow, are those that make sparkling wines. Wine with bubbles, a most celebratory beverage, is almost always made from grapes that are earlier harvested, mainly because the best of these wines call for higher acidity. And…
Vino Alfresco
Dining outside can be a treat, but it has a way of affecting how we enjoy our meals, which includes wine — which I consider to be an extra course in the meal. In the waning days of summer, many people take to patios and other alfresco venues, which is one way to avoid turning…
It’s Grape Season in California’s Napa Valley
August 9, 2022
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CALISTOGA, Calif.—Clusters of deep purple, red, and green grapes hang on acres of vineyards. At Napa Valley’s Castello di Amorosa, a castle winery, Veraison is in season again. “Veraison” is the viticulture word to describe the transition from berry growth to berry ripening. “The acid will start lowering, and the sugar content will be greater….
Visit Local
With apologies to James Garner and the film company that made his superb comedy-western about a local sheriff, I recommend that wine lovers support their local winery. There are several reasons why this is not only a sound idea, but potentially enlightening, especially since many people may once have done this in the past with…
Never Bring White Wine to a Cookout, and Other Summer Grilling Rules
By Elin McCoy From Bloomberg News For seasonal food and wine perfection, few things can top a cookout. My favorite grill experience was at a tiny remote cottage with no electricity in Uruguay, the vacation retreat of Argentine celeb chef Francis Mallmann, who popularized traditional open-flame techniques internationally. Everything we ate was cooked on a…
Harvest Approaches
Here in wine country, where the weather always turns warm or hot about this time of year, everything is in a heightened state of frenzy. The wine business really is a 365-days-a-year enterprise, and in Napa and Sonoma counties, which represent a tiny fraction of the wine made in all 50 states, the business is…
Little-Known Wine Facts
Most people who purchase wine regularly know what the basic rules are about how to consume it and store it along with other supposedly widely known “facts.” But in reality, a number of tips that have been passed down through oral tradition have nothing to do with the way wine really ought to be treated….
The Red White
Don’t be blue now that the Fourth of July holiday is over, because the season is just beginning for red white. Warmer weather is the perfect time to break out dry rosé wines, which is admittedly an artificial way of suggesting that there is actually a best time to drink pink. Anytime is fine. I…
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