Many people from all over the world came here just to taste from this select group. Of course the weather was freezing, yet it was not raining and at noon in the sun brisk and pleasant for Chapagne. As a group, these were basically terroir-focused producers who marched to the tune of their own drummer. So fab! Agrapart. Bérche. MORE >>

The wines were incredible, of course -- yet it had been so long that I visited a consumer event I was struck by the 'Sex in the City' glamour of participants. And of course one could find many wines to choose from. Austrians are a curious and surprisingly stylish group. which is a fabulous fashion statement. MORE >>

Peter Liem organized a group of people to drink several special Sherries and to eat things like lightly steamed fresh shrimp, fried dungeness crab, steamed whole fish, and fried rice with salted fish. The wine main course, if you will, was the Palmas of González Byass - all four of them. my stars. Then came the Palmas. MORE >>

Blind tastings are incredibly challenging, of course, and can humble even the most accomplished tasters. Blind tasting removes preconceptions about wines while maintaining the ability to rate wines in a peer group setting. On Wednesday evening I attended a tasting of fifteen wines from Bordeaux 2005. Parker called it “shut down.” MORE >>

Dr. Konstantin Frank ignited the “Vinifera Revolution” a movement that forever changed the course of wine growing in the Finger Lakes and the United States. The talented group includes winemakers from California, Australia, France and Germany. am just interested in the cold wine. Long finish with peach, citrus and green apple. MORE >>