Do you like sulfates in your wines? In addition to Domodimonti we tasted other specialty items from Marche, as well as fabulous Amaro digestifs from Varnelli. Not all "natural" wines are delicious, yet Domodimonti manages to strike the right balance between quality taste and staying true to the environment. No one does. MORE >>

fabulous experience today tasting the wines of Sartori di Verona at SD26, a fine Italian restaurant in Manhattan, where these excellent wines were paired with five courses. What made the tasting lunch so special was the passion of owner Andrea Sartori, who came across as a very traditionally-minded Italian of the classic world. MORE >>

When I bumped into Pax Mahle earlier this year at his Sonoma wine making facility, I told him I wanted to see his eggs. Pax used to make full-throttle wines, syrahs and pinots mostly, that scored big Parker points. Wind Gap makes about 3,000 cases of wine a year. American wineJust to see the eggs. MORE >>

Wine can have a savory taste, I've experienced it countless times. It is not specific to a grape variety, I find, more to certain places and techniques of wine making. For example, Jura wines, some red and almost every white have a certain umami taste to me. Where does this umami taste in wine come from? MORE >>

Landmark Australia Master Class 2011came to town, and the room was filled with some of the best sommeliers and wine writers in the city. Fifteen Pinot Noirs, after tasting twelve of the most incredible Rieslings, was done at breakneck speed. News australian wine landmark australia MORE >>