Barrels, birth year bottles, and life lessons—what I’m saving for my son, and why wine is the perfect way to pass a story forward.
Your Wine Has a Crack
Ever look at a wine label and feel like you need a translator? Critics toss around numbers — 90,...
Is this $500 Wine Any Good? Tasting Opus One
What’s the most you’ve spent on a single bottle of wine? This week, Julien tasted the...
The Sweet Truth About Candy and Cabernet
Dear Fellow Wine Enthusiasts, With Halloween just around the corner, candy seems to be the talk of...
How Good is Saint-Emilion Wine?
We continue our Wine in 5(ish) series with one of Bordeaux’s most famous appellations…...
Unknowingly pushing the limits
Paris, France I'm not one to drive fast. In fact, I usually prefer to take my time, enjoying the...
The Truth about Natural Wines
What is natural wine, anyway? Our resident winemaking expert Julien Miquel weighs in on “natural...
Why Are Wineries Called ‘Chateau’? (in France and Elsewhere!)
Julien Miquel explains why certain wineries use “Chateau” in their name... How the French...
Watch that burn!
Calchaquí Valley, Argentina Watch that burn! There’s something primal about it. The fire, the slow...
French Wine in 2024: The Smallest Vintage in a Century?
Is France’s 2024 vintage the worst in a century? French winemakers had a bad year: crops were...
Wine with a hint of… dust?
Calchaquí Valley, Argentina Let me tell you — here in this club, you pay for dust. Sitting down to...
Top 10 Most Expensive Bordeaux Wines
Would you pay $30,000 for a bottle of wine? Bordeaux is a world-class, world-famous wine region…...
Drink What You Want (Not What the Season Tells You)
When the calendar marks Labor Day and the leaves start to turn, we instinctively reach for cozy...