Effective July 1, 2009 the wine was given a liquidation price of $18.99. What happens when a reviewer tastes a good bottle, but some consumers buy what appears to be a completely different product? Think it couldn’t happen? Guess again and behold the saga of Sierra Carche 2005. He awarded it 96 points. opened my first one this weekend. MORE >>

There are over 25 different wines produced, as the Tissots believe in expressing as best they can the diverse terroir of the Jura. 2006 Domaine Tissot Arbois Poulsard Vieille Vignes , $18, Imported by Frederick Wildman & Sons. The Jura, in eastern France right near Switzerland, is only place I know of where Poulsard is grown. MORE >>

Perhaps these things are a bit silly to focus on, but it became an issue when I decided to convene the Brooklyn Blind Tasting panel to sample a load of "basic" German Riesling from the 2009 vintage. So flawed definition and all, I convened the panel and we tasted 2009 "basic" German Riesling. some do not. Sounds like a basic wine. MORE >>

While gesticulating fervently, Nicolas Joly addressed a packed room today at the Return to Terroir event in New York City today. It is absurd to sell a wine as Biodynamic [on the label]; you sell a wine because it fully reflects the terroir and Biodynamics helps express that terroir at its best! Unfortunately, very little. MORE >>

Probably because Bert of Wine Terroirs and I had been emailing recently about the glory of Bandol wine, and I recently re-read his post about this classic Provence pairing. I've lived in New York essentially for my whole life (there were four years of college in the mid-west and a year in Southeast Asia and India). food processor would help. MORE >>