By Dan Berger The subject of this essay is fairly easy to synopsize: It’s extremely difficult to make a red wine that is both succulent and has the ability to age for even a few years. It should be easy for our readers to understand this, but a… Want to read more? If you’re already … Continue reading “Succulence vs. Aging”
Volume XXIII – Issue 9
Ask for a Taste
We were in a restaurant a week ago in Southern California and a Santa Barbara Riesling on the wine list looked intriguing. It was listed as “dry,” but so are so many other wines that are really not very dry at all. We tried the wine. It was not dr… Want to read more? If … Continue reading “Ask for a Taste”
Explanation of Future Issues
In the last four decades of his life, Robert Lawrence Blazer was a wine columnist for the Los Angeles Times Magazine, a publication that offered him more fame than he had received for the many other star turns he had achieved in his long life. Bal… Want to read more? If you’re already a subscriber, welcome … Continue reading “Explanation of Future Issues”
An Early Day with André
By Robert Lawrence Balzer Date of event: June 1939 An invitation that I could not refuse came in June of 1939, … the luncheon guest of Madame de Latour, widow of the founder of Beaulieu Vineyard at Rutherford, in the Napa Valley, with her newly… Want to read more? If you’re already a subscriber, welcome back … Continue reading “An Early Day with André”
Wine of the Week
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Bargain of the Week
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Tasting Notes
2016 Rain Dance Estate Riesling, Chehalem Mountains, Nichols Vineyard ($22): What marks this sensational Riesling is an amazingly spiced aroma of jasmine and fresh fennel. The entry is very dry, but the mid-palate shows about 6 grams of r.s. all held… Want to read more? If you’re already a subscriber, welcome back – you may login … Continue reading “Tasting Notes”