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Harvey Steiman
A Tale of Two De Bortolis
Posted: 03:34 PM ET, 08/04/08
When it comes to sweet wines, Australia might be best known for what used to be known as liqueur Muscat and and Tokay. Those are fortified wines, now simply known by their correct varietal names, Muscat and Muscadelle.
De Bortoli, one of Australia's largest independently owned wineries, makes an exceptional wine in the other notable sweet wine style, from botrtytis-affected grapes. Read more
James Suckling
When Bordeaux Doesn't Taste Good
Posted: 12:59 PM ET, 08/04/08
It's absolutely boiling in Italy at the moment. It's about 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the day, and it cools down to the high 70s or low 80s at night. I eat alfresco most every night. A crisp white from Alto Adige seems to fit most nights, although a red sometimes comes out of my cool cellar, which is about 65 degrees Fahrenheit with the air conditioner on. Read more
Harvey Steiman
Beyond the Restaurant Shuffle at Palmilla
Posted: 01:52 PM ET, 08/01/08
Charlie Trotter is out and Jean-Georges Vongerichten in at the One & Only Palmilla, one of the top luxury resorts in Mexico, but that's only half the story.
A terse announcement earlier this week from Palmilla, the posh resort in Los Cabos, said that Trotter's five-year contract to run C, the featured restaurant there, would not be renewed when it expires in September. Read more
James Laube
A Lake That Shapes Great Napa Cabernet Sites
Posted: 11:53 AM ET, 08/01/08
Yesterday, while touring vineyards with Celia Welch Masyczek, we visited one of her Cabernet sites, Sage Hill Vineyard. This is the former Long Vineyards property and is several hundred feet in elevation. It’s one of three vineyards she uses for her Corra Napa Valley Cabernet. Read more
James Suckling
The Mother of Teroldego
Posted: 11:01 AM ET, 08/01/08
I guess sometimes it doesn't matter if people don't know what grapes you use in a wine, as long as it is a great one. The thought occurred to me earlier this week when Elisabetta Foradori came for dinner at my house, and we tasted some of her "top-of-the-charts" wines : 1997 and 1991 Granato. Read more
James Molesworth
A Mini-Guigal Vertical Shows an Evolving Style
Posted: 04:02 PM ET, 07/31/08
E. Guigal doesn’t need an introduction—anyone who follows wines even casually knows that this is the dominant négociant house in the France's Northern Rhône Valley. In particular, E. Guigal’s Côte-Rôtie bottlings, led by it’s famed "La La" trio, have brought the house its greatest recognition. Read more
James Laube
Trefethen Builds Greater Richness into Its Napa Wines
Posted: 04:41 AM ET, 07/31/08
Last week I tasted a cross section of Trefethen varietals, chosen by owner Janet Trefethen, as means of showing how the wines from the winery in the Oak Knoll District of Napa have evolved in style.
The 1987 Riesling was amazingly fresh and vibrant, with tangy nectarine flavors. Read more
Harvey Steiman
Andrew Will Shows What It Has
Posted: 02:07 PM ET, 07/29/08
I don't know whether to file this under "mea culpa" or "pleasant surprises." At dinner the other night with some musician friends, I ordered a bottle of Andrew Will Ciel du Cheval Red Mountain 2001, a Bordeaux blend from Washington. Read more
James Laube
Tom Shelton: A Classy Guy
Posted: 12:57 PM ET, 07/29/08
You think you know things about people, but of course you can only know so much.
I knew the severity of Tom Shelton’s health in the past week, since so many of his friends kept me in the loop out of their love and concern for him and his family. Read more
James Suckling
A Great Example of a Wine Restaurant
Posted: 12:20 PM ET, 07/28/08
Hey, what's wrong with a restaurant making money on food? Does the wine list nearly always have to be the profit center for a restaurant?
Maybe these two questions are not fair, considering the cost of starting and running a restaurant these days, especially in major metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles or New York. Read more
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