Grapevine

This week’s column marks the sixth installment in my multipart series on our recent trip to France. Earlier this year I had the yearning for the next wine adventure to be shared by my wife and I with our friends, the

This week’s column is chapter four of a multipart series on our recent trip to Paris and the French wine regions of Champagne, Loire and Burgundy. In last week’s column my wife and I explored the Champagne region, northwest of

This week’s column is part three of a multi-part series on my recent trip to the French wine regions of Champagne, Loire and Burgundy. In developing our itinerary–my wife and I travelled with our friends, the Russells–it became clear that

In past columns, I’ve reported on my trips to several wine regions. Among my favorites have been the Tuscany, Umbria and Campania regions of Italy and the Napa, Sonoma and Central Coast regions of California. Earlier this year I had

Last week I opened this column with a premise we gloss over too often: You sit down to a meal with a bottle of wine on your table. Have you ever pondered how that bottle of wine arrived in your

In the course of my musings and meanderings the last six years of penning this column, I’ve had the occasion to report on a multitude of subjects. Many times these subjects have a natural and logical beginning and end; at

You sit down to a meal with a bottle of wine on your table. Have you ever thought how that bottle of wine arrived in your home? We’ve become accustomed, in this 13th year of the new century, to high

Over the last few years, Americans have been exposed to new grape varieties from new wine regions in record numbers, and we have been very receptive. These wines have, for the most part, been of a quality level unparalleled in

The United States has long been the melting pot of world ethnicities and culture. The mosaic of our country has shifted over the last 400 years from the early Native Indians and colonists to today’s vibrant mélange of nationalities from