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There’s an auspicious excitement when you find a local artisan on the brink of revolutionizing an industry. This is how we feel about the promise shown by the new winery,...

It’s summer, which means it’s time to pop open a bottle of Colorado wine for a lazy afternoon of chilling and grilling. But with hundreds of wineries in Colorado, how...

After more than a year of staying home and social distancing, don’t we deserve to grab a (vaccinated) friend and visit some of the best Colorado wineries? At just over...

The damage caused by skyrocketing pricing for exclusive allocations may be irrevocable. It’s still hard to believe. For the first time in my more than 30-year career in fine wine,...

Sommeliers are the new heroes of the wine world. Over the last decade or so, sommeliers in general (and not just the Master Sommeliers) have taken the wine world by...

We’re of the opinion that any time is the right time for some bubbly. Yet, the typical American consumer tends to rely on holidays and specific celebrations to consider drinking...

Rosé is officially in season, and the many great flushed rosés of California, France, Italy, and Spain start showing up on the shelves of great wine shops across the U.S....

It’s that time of year! Spring is in the air and families are starting to get ready for their Easter celebrations. Even though gatherings will surely be smaller this year,...

This is the time of year when grape growers make rooted cuttings from their vineyards.

Last night, I attended an extraordinary wine dinner at Maialino in Manhattan honoring the writer Kerin O’Keefe for the publication of her new book on Barolo and Barbaresco (UC Press). A...