It is a wine that gives as much comfort as my favorite books or sweater. Alice on November 19, 2007 04:27 PM What if Wine Spectator chose their wine of the year the way Time Magazine chooses their "Man of the Year?" November 18, 2007 I ground the coffee, boiled the water and poured into the French Press. Chateauchamp of the year. MORE >>

He started researching the script in 2001 (well before Taber’s book was published, he pointed out) on “the Napa side&# by talking to Jim and Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena and their then-winemaker Mike Grgich. So Ross Schwartz told the assembled group at the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers in Napa last week. MORE >>

Okay, Halliday, the 71 year old former vintner and author of some fifty wine books, wasn’t really in the NBA finals. As you may recall from a magazine article I once wrote about finding birth year wines , 1971 is always a vintage that I keep an eye out for. Orlando over the Lakers at the buzzer! This bottle, however, was on. MORE >>

Ana tells us a bit about the winery and her life.this woman has such an exciting, multi-dimensional life she can make the cover of Oprah magazine in terms of multi-tasking. “Welcome!” says vivacious Ana Pizzorno, with a bright smile and flashing dark eyes as she picks me up at the Montevideo airport. to designer sunglasses. Around $13. MORE >>

We spot a relaxed and very elegant woman reading a book and ask where to find the person charged with greeting guests. and the chateau looks like a feature in a decorating magazine. ah, the Bordeaux airport! have just arrived via an eight hour layover in Madrid and am adjusting from Spanish to French. Welcome!" basket press. MORE >>