Chenin blanc is one of the world’s most underrated grapes. Beautifully multifaceted, it displays multiple forms: dry, off-dry, sweet and sparkling. It can tack on decades effortlessly. Here are a few more-or-less current releases that I have had recently (all on separate occasions) that are worth noting. Search for these wines at retail.). MORE >>

Made with 100% Petit Verdot grapes from Vista Flores, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina, aged for a year in 90% French and 10% American barrels, and a limited production of 1200 bottles. Dark ruby tones with a cool hue, intense aromas, black fruit, cassis, plums and black cherry, oak, solid texture and balanced, integrated tannins and a fine finish MORE >>

I try not to do laundry list posts that sound like "here's what I drank recently." But I've had some interesting wines lately, some of them great, others a bit lackluster. So this will, in fact, be a laundry list post. Feel free to change channels now if you refuse to participate. Sigh of relief. This wine was great. prefer the Régnié in the end. MORE >>

so I am here in New York, on the jury panel to taste wines of the Cotes du Roussillon with regard to the Saint-Bacchus awards 2010, a competition originating in Roussillon that has been going on twenty-five years. The preliminary tasting took place April 10 2010 in Perpignan. was on the panel to choose red Cotes Du Roussillon. marianne. MORE >>

The current copy of The World of Fine Wine just landed on my desk with a thud. Since it’s based in London and costs $169 a year, it’s not something you can readily pick up at Hudson News. Further, there’s a vast gray area between these two poles. It is something far more mild: a push here, some push-back there. Conterno, and G. MORE >>