On Saturday, I drove with David along the North Fork, to research an upcoming article on the sparkling wines of Long Island for Edible East End. What follows is a few photographs from the excursion. Pictured above is Eric Fry, the winemaker at Lenz. Disgorging bottles at Lenz. In the cellar. Gilles Martin, the winemaker [.]. MORE >>

guess I liked it because I still think too many people don’t trust their own pallets, instead preferring to rely on “experts”  Hogwash I say…check out this cool article about how much the experts really know… EXPERTS FAIL CHAMPAGNE TASTE TEST [.]. wine tasting MORE >>

A great piece of wine writing has just become accessible: oddly, with the closing of Gourmet magazine, Gourmet.com has made the classic article “ Shattered Myths &# available for free. The now-available article is an oldie but a goodie and well worth the read if you haven’t already seen it. source blog Dr. Vino. MORE >>

My articles are usually warehoused in the articles section, but I though this one on Leafroll Virus in the vineyards of California was worth taking up space here. New story in the San Francisco Chronicle Leafroll: A quiet threat in the vineyard. Next post up, by the way, The Great Laureano Serres. a It's not imagined. Helena. Worried? MORE >>

Very interesting article by Paul Franson in the Napa 'valley Register about wineries creating more 'second wines' to sell to people who can no longer afford to pay very high prices for icon wines. The grapes are culled from less desirable vineyard blocks, or less expensive barrels (or oak chips) may be used to keep the prices down. MORE >>