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April 14, 2013
Bobby's Troupe

In the legendary world of the small importer, every bottle has a story.

In the sub-culture of wine marketing, the most-interesting tales are told of indie wine importers who got their starts tirelessly and sometimes fanatically searching out small wine producers in their chosen regions – the Loire or Liguria, Austria or Australia, Piemonte or Provence.  Almost always these importers are solitary men who bird-dog the trade fairs and spend weeks along the back r

March 24, 2013
The Charm of Chene Bleu

Wine is okay with food, but it goes better with good conversation.

It is only because I am a fanatic about staying on schedule that I force myself to button up my raincoat and take the elevator downstairs and out onto the windy March streets of Manhattan after spending an hour talking with Nicole Rolet and drinking her Chêne Bleu wines.

July 12, 2012
A Delicious Dilemma for Portuguese Wines

Good quality, good prices.  Now, how to you get people to try them?

Recently, I had the opportunity to spend a week in Portugal drinking fine wines and eating good foods as I talked with winemakers from up and down the countryside. My visit included wineries in the Douro Valley, the Vinho Verde area, Bairrada, and Lisboa, as well as sitting in on presentations by winemakers from Alentejo, which I have previously toured, and from Tejo, which I have not.

July 5, 2012
A View from the Rhone

A conversation with Vidal-Fleury's Guy Sarton du Jonchay.

Guy Sarton du Jonchay, managing director of the Rhone’s Vidal-Fleury wine concern, was in United States recently, and, although schedule conflicts prevented me from tasting wines with him, we were able to speak by phone.

March 22, 2012
Why this whole "balance" issue is a crock

Why this whole "balance" issue is a crock:  At first, when word started getting around about a year or two ago, it was easy to dismiss:  the notion that wines over 14% alcohol, or else picked “overripe,” are somehow inferior...

January 7, 2011
Rhônes on the Rise in South Africa

The wind is just the beginning of the similarities between France’s Rhône Valley and some of South Africa's winegrowing regions.