How do wineries prepare for a visiting critic? Correspondence has surfaced from a regional association to the wineries entitled “Urgent: winery participation in Jay Miller’s visit.” The total sum sought from wineries was €29,000 ($40,000). Tickets to all events cost $2,600 per attendee. MORE >>

Today – outside of large-scale commercial wineries, this is changing slowly due to the ‘natural wine’ movement. Joly made a name for himself in the 80’s by returning to his family’s winery after working a banker, and being one of the first to embrace biodynamics (winemakers treating the farm as a cohesive, interconnected living system). MORE >>

Recently I emarked on a four day trip (four days meeting with producers to discover the styles of wine they were making, check out the quality, and see the different wineries). Increasingly, many producers are going biodynamic, organic, or at the very least are using natural yeast. and the restaurants in these wineries are incredible! MORE >>

am sipping a perfectly balanced Syrah from DeMorgenzon winery in South Africa in one of the most elegant homes I have ever seen, on the top of a gorgeous vine-covered hill overlooking Cape Town, Table Mountain, Cape Point, Cape Hangklip, the Hottentots Holland mountains, Helderberg and Simonsberg with the ocean as a backdrop. News S. MORE >>

Jaime Wolff of Chambers Street Wines hosted, and he and David Bowler organized the wines, mostly. He was exacting in the vineyards and intelligent in the winery. Here are my actual tasting notes , for the masochistic among you. Tastings Cornas Noël Verset Rhône Valleythink it's interesting to think about that. Delicious. MORE >>