The 2024 Vintage in Napa Through The Lens of Premiere Napa Valley
Longtime readers will know that one of my chosen “sports” involves tasting barrel samples of recent vintages in Napa to
Napa Merlot’s Identity Crisis
As a wine writer, I read extensively what my colleagues around the world publish on a daily basis. This (admittedly
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 3/15/26
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/8/26
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Vinography Images: Amphora Arcs
Rims, covers, and shadows make artsy arcs looking down into the top of a macerating wine in an amphora at
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 3/8/26
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 3/1/26
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50 Years of Limestone Dreams: A Look Back at Calera Pinot Noir
You’d likely know if you ever met the late winemaker Josh Jensen. He was tough to miss and hard to
Vinography Images: Great Granite
The landscape of South Africa’s wine country is among the most beautiful and dramatic around the world. Here’s a view
Wine News: What I’m Reading the week of 3/1/26
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Vin et Hip Hop: March 17-19, Los Angeles
The wine industry is not going to survive in anything close to its current form without broadening its appeal and
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/22/26
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Vinography Images: Ghost Bottles
New glass bottles seen ghost-like through a plastic wrap are waiting to be filled at the Suvla winery in Çanakkale,
California Riesling: Improved and Ignored
We now have incontrovertible evidence that a rising tide does not lift all boats. In the last decade, sales of
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 2/22/26
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Vinography Images: Whale Stones
Morning mist hangs on the edges of a young vineyard carved into the extremely rocky hillside above the Alto de
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 2/15/26
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Vinography Images: Old & New
Afternoon light brightens a neglected old vineyard in early spring, where a few scraggly old vines share space with mustard
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 2/8/26
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