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Kate Dingwall
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Wine Of the Week: San Felice Vigorello 2019
(Photo: Courtesy San Felice) There are two points of view within Chianti, the iconic winemaking pocket of Tuscany. Some prefer to commit to Sangiovese. Others...
Wine Of the Week: Gestalt Wine Company Cabernet Sauvignon
(Photo: Gestalt) Dave Phinney has a distinct understanding of vibes. Twenty-something years ago, he founded The Prisoner, a line of Napa-born red blends that quickly...
Wine Of the Week: J.J. Amarguito Orange Fortified Wine
JJ. Amarguito’s orange aperitivo (Credit: Kate Dingwall) You could call this enchanting orange elixir a wine, or you could call it a spirit, but you’d...
Wine Of The Week: Farella Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Courtesy Farella Vineyards While Coombsville AVA is just a short drive from Napa’s main drag, it offers a different climate than much of the California...
Wine Of The Week: Tres Sabores Zinfandel
Tres Sabores’ estate-grown Zinfandel. Courtesy Tres Sabores Julie Johnson’s vineyards don’t exactly look like the manicured rows of vines that tend to dot the Napa...
Barcelona Has Some Of The World’s Best Bars—Here’s Where To Go Now
The all-wood bar at Paradiso (Courtesy Paradiso) Two years ago, the world’s best bar was unveiled. And it wasn’t a chic London hotel bar or...
Wine Of The Week: Penfolds Bin 407
Cabernet Sauvignon is not known as a timid grape. And this Penfolds Bin 407 is no exception: The Australian Cabernet is brooding, muscular and expressive,...
Wine Of The Week: Darcie Kent Stone Patch
One of my favorite tastings of 2023 — high praise, considering I went to almost 100 — wasn’t in Napa or Bordeaux. It was in...
Wine Of The Week: Las Jaras Pinot Noir
These days, there are plenty of celebrity faces that flirt within the wine space. Sometime, its a pop star selling her poolside rosé, other times...
Wine of The Week: WaypointTerra de Promissio Pinot Noir
While Pinot Noir is just one of more than thousand different grapes that rotate through the wine world, it can wear different hats. It can...
Wine Of The Week: CastelGiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2018
If you’re dreaming of a Tuscan holiday and Chianti and other Sangiovese-based wines, let us introduce you to Brunello di Montalcino. It’s a small wine...
Wine Of the Week: Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2015
(Veuve Clicquot) Every year, famed Champagne house Veuve Clicquot releases the new vintage of La Grande Dame: a prestigious cuvee that tips its hat to...