Canaan, one of the world’s oldest wine regions, spans present-day Lebanon and Israel, where winemaking dates back over 5,000 years. The region’s ancient vineyards supplied wine to Egypt and Mesopotamia, and ...
Over the past five years, one wine region has quietly earned top honors—named the best wine region in America four times. Surprisingly, it’s not Napa or Sonoma. It’s Columbia Valley in ...
The first South African wines we tasted came shortly after the fall of apartheid. Even then, the potential was obvious—ancient soils, a Mediterranean climate, high elevations, and a wealth of old ...
Step off the beaten path and into the heart of Central Europe’s most compelling wine regions. In this class, we’ll dive deep into the wines of Austria, Switzerland, and Germany—three countries ...
Obscure, Rare, and Shockingly Delicious. Is it deliciously exotic—or exotically delicious? Either way, we’re popping corks on wines that most people have never heard of… but won’t soon forget. In this ...
Refrehing, complex, and utterly cool: sophisticated wine drinkers have discovered the wide expanse of white wines. From texturally lush whites of the Rhone Valley to the austere wines of the Mosel. ...
Does a carpenter ever get bored with pine? Maybe they daydream about working with walnut or ash instead—something unusual, something with character. That’s how it goes in the wine world, too. ...
Uncover the Wines That Time Forgot The vines came first. Long before Chile was a republic, grapes were growing here. Some of those ancient vines still are, untouched by rootstock or ...
All hail the forgotten gods of wine—entombed beneath the dust of the Outback, buried under supermarket critter labels, and banished from American shelves by the unholy rise of mass-market kangaroo juice. ...