Wine lovers, including us, tend to describe wines in terms of tastes because they're fairly easy to reference—a wine that tastes like raspberries compared with gooseberries compared with blueberries, ...

One morning after waking up on a friend's couch following a night of plentiful wine, I was sharing breakfast with my host and his 4-year-old son, who broke the silence by asking—or, as it seemed to me ...

The last two days I have been in Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu, with a few more days still to come. The 2005 reds are superb young wines, with big tannins and lots of ripe fruit. It’s going to be a great ...

In this second of two Tasting Highlights featuring 2004 Côte-Rôtie (the first was published last month), I focus on three domaines with three very different styles. Young Stéphane Ogier now runs his ...

The Cote Rotie is home to some of the world's most sacred syrah wines. Nicknames for the Cote Rotie, the "Roasted Slope" and the "Burnt Hillside," conjure imagery of the dark, intense wines this ...

I have tasted superb 100-per-cent Grenache wines from around the world. Juicy, textured, with an almost pinot-noir-like silkiness. Syrah is a chameleon, making wines of exceptional elegance in ...

As your intrepid guide on this vinous adventure, I’m here to dive headfirst into the world of wine from the vineyards of Tuscany to the hot arid vineyards of Paso Robles and everywhere in between. All ...